It's a new Virsliga campaign and Rīgas FS are eager to get started here at Stadions Arkādija grass. Ventspils are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.
Rīgas FS form and stats
Rīgas have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and seven practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Rīgas FS scored 11 goals and let in 12 goals during these seven games.
Last season, Rīgas FS's league statistics were 17 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Virsliga. Over these 32 matches they scored 55 goals and conceded 32. Playing at home last season Rīgas FS managed 11-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 37 goals and 14 conceded.
Ventspils form and stats
Just as the home team, Ventspils have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Ventspils win, 0 draws and 4 losses.
Let's have a look at how Ventspils performed last season in the Virsliga: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 11 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded 43 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 8 with 20/29 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Rīgas won three games, one match ended with a draw and Ventspils has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeRīgas FS missing players
Ventspils missing players
| Rīgas FS | Ventspils | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Rīgas FS | Last season | Ventspils | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 9 | ||
| 55 | 37 | Scored | S | 20 | 47 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Conceded | C | 29 | 43 | ||
| 91% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 75% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 47% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 22% | ||
| 19% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 9% | ||
| 50% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 62% | ||
| 34% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 19% | 25% | ||
| 25% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 6.6 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 376 | 214 | Total Shots | T S | 156 | 329 | ||
| 151 | 91 | Shots on Target | S O | 57 | 134 | ||
| 36% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Jelgava | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Liepāja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Metta / LU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Riga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Rīgas FS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Spartaks Jurmala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Tukums | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Valmiera / BSS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Ventspils | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Riga | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 38 | 66 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 55 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 59 |
| 3 | Ventspils | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 47 |
| 4 | Valmiera / BSS | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 46 |
| 5 | Spartaks Jurmala | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 49 | 64 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 41 | -15 | 44 |
| 6 | Liepāja | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 20 | -2 | 39 |
| 7 | Jelgava | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 38 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -23 | 31 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 35 | 60 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 32 | -25 | 26 |