Spartaks Jūrmala will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Valmiera / BSS.
The hosts Spartaks saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Virsliga. That game was an away game at Ventspils, so at least Spartaks are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Spartaks Jūrmala form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Spartaks Jūrmala have to build on here at Slokas Stadionā in the Virsliga.
An away draw last time out for Spartaks Jūrmala, facing Ventspils in a game that ended 1-1. In the match before that, Spartaks Jūrmala hosted Rīgas FS and drew the game 1-1.
The hometeam coach A. Eremenko made a successful contribution in the game against Ventspils, bringing on K. Dryshlyuk who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Spartaks Jūrmala handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, zero draws and two defeats.
A decent goal production from Spartaks in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. On the other hand, Spartaks have conceded 7 goals.
Valmiera / BSS form and stats
As the visiting team in Virsliga matches, Valmiera / BSS have produced an overall stat of 3-2-2 so far.
It's the second away game in a row for Valmiera / BSS, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Tukums (placed 10th) in the Virsliga last time out. Before that, Valmiera secured a home win against Ventspils with the score 3-0.
T. Arokodare certainly enjoyed Valmiera's last game versus Tukums, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-2 victory.
Valmiera are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and one defeat. From a total of three matches.
A new game in only four days for Valmiera, the Virsliga home match versus Liepāja. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Valmiera's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. The Valmiera manager T. Pertia has some worries about the defense as 14 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Valmiera / BSS - Spartaks 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Spartaks Jūrmala-Valmiera / BSS H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Spartaks seven wins, Valmiera / BSS two wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Arokodare 12 goals |  N. Belaković 8 goals | C. Nwaorisa 4 goals |
Spartaks Jūrmala missing players
Valmiera / BSS missing players
| Spartaks Jūrmala | Valmiera / BSS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 22 |
| 19 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 85% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 69% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 57% | 46% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 15% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 46% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 4.3 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| 4.8 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 131 | 73 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 78 | 132 |
| 71 | 40 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 35 | 62 |
| 30% | 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | 35% |
- All of Spartaks Jūrmala's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Spartaks Jūrmala have scored in all their matches so far.
- Spartaks Jūrmala haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Valmiera / BSS has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
- Valmiera / BSS has the most matches over the total-line (9)
- Valmiera / BSS has the most points from losing position (9)
- Valmiera / BSS have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Valmiera / BSS 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 | Riga | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 25 | 36 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 21 | 31 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 4 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Ventspils | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Jelgava | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 14 |
| 8 | Metta / LU | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 12 |
| 9 | Liepāja | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 10 | Tukums | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -23 | 4 |