Spartaks Jūrmala will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 14 points behind Riga.
- Spartaks Jūrmala have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Riga have the most scored goals (36) in Virsliga
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League game only four days ago.
Spartaks Jūrmala form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Slokas Stadionā as Spartaks Jūrmala have scored 10 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Virsliga are 4-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Spartaks bring valid hopes of a third.
Spartaks are confident in defense, having played 186 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Spartaks Jūrmala enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Metta / LU's place. The match ended 3-0 with L. Wamba (2) and A. Markhiev scoring.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against FC Daugavpils / Progress.Spartaks have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Slokas Stadionā with 10 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Spartaks have conceded only 5 goals.
Riga form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Riga, who have the most scored goals (36) in Virsliga, playing as the away team in the Virsliga this season. Riga seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Riga delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Malmö FF in their previous match; a Champions League game.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Malmö FF's place.Riga has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 7 games. As opposed to that, Riga have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Riga - Spartaks Jūrmala 2-1 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Spartaks won one, Riga won eight and one draw. ten games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Milošević 11 goals | M. Soisalo 7 goals |  R. Friday 5 goals |
Spartaks Jūrmala missing players
Riga missing players
| Spartaks Jūrmala | Riga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 36 |
| 23 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | 81% |
| 53% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 62% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 38% |
| 33% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 14% | 12% |
| 5.6 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.4 | 11.6 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 9.1 | 9.8 |
| 4.1 | 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| 20% | 19% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 57% | 56% |
- Riga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Riga have the most scored goals (13) away in Virsliga
- Riga have the most scored goals (36) in Virsliga
- Riga have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Virsliga
- Riga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Spartaks Jūrmala have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Spartaks Jūrmala haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rigas FS | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Riga | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 32 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 32 |
| 4 | Liepaja | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 21 |
| 6 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -2 | 18 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -3 | 15 |
| 8 | Noah Jurmala | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 34 | -53 | 3 |
| 9 | Ventspils | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |