With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Virsliga game of the season. Spartaks Jūrmala look forward to welcoming Riga in front of their home support.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Spartaks Jūrmala form and stats
Happy days for Spartaks in their previous game, a Virsliga match away at Metta / LU (placed 6th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Riga (1-4).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Spartaks as they are travelling to their away game against Rigas FS in the Virsliga. That match is four days after this one.
Last season, Spartaks Jūrmala's league statistics were 13 wins, 5 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the Virsliga. Over these 32 matches they scored 49 goals and conceded 64. Playing at home last season Spartaks Jūrmala managed 9-1-6 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 23 conceded.
Riga form and stats
Riga won their last game, 2-0 versus Valmiera / BSS played at home. Prior to that result Riga won their away game at Ural 2 in the FNL Cup. The scoreline was 3-1.
Let's have a look at how Riga performed last season in the Virsliga: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 59 and conceded 21 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 28/14 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Spartaks Jūrmala-Riga H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Spartaks one win, Riga eight wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
![]() A. Černomordijs 1 goals | ![]() R. Debelko 1 goals |
Spartaks Jūrmala missing players
Riga missing players
| Spartaks Jūrmala | Riga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 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% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Spartaks Jūrmala | Last season | Riga | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 10 | 20 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 49 | 29 | Scored | S | 28 | 59 | ||
| 64 | 23 | Conceded | C | 14 | 21 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 81% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 62% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 47% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 31% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 12% | ||
| 53% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 38% | ||
| 31% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 50% | ||
| 19% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 19% | 22% | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 377 | 226 | Total Shots | T S | 153 | 331 | ||
| 153 | 85 | Shots on Target | S O | 64 | 150 | ||
| 32% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liepāja | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Riga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Jelgava | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Rigas FS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Metta / LU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Tukums | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Ventspils | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Valmiera / BSS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 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 | Rigas 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 Jūrmala | 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 |