It's early days in the Virsliga and both Spartaks Jūrmala and Ventspils are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
It's no vacation for neither Spartaks nor Ventspils as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Spartaks Jūrmala form and stats
The hosts won their first Virsliga game here at Slokas Stadionā, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Spartaks Jūrmala last season were 9 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from 16 games.
Spartaks are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-4 away versus Rigas FS. Ahead of that match, Spartaks won a home game hosting Riga (2-1).
The game against Rigas FS was basically lost in the first half (1-4) and the second half was more of a formality.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Spartaks as they are travelling to their away game against Valmiera / BSS in the Virsliga. That match is four days after this one.
At Slokas Stadionā, Spartaks Jūrmala has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Ventspils form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Virsliga ended in defeat. Last season Ventspils had these away match statistics: Played 16; won 4, drew 4 and lost 8.
Ventspils's last game was the home draw against Valmiera / BSS (2-2). Before that, Ventspils secured a home win against Tukums with the score 3-0.
It's early days yet, but Ventspils has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Spartaks Jūrmala victories, two draws and five Ventspils wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Belaković 3 goals |  K. Svarups 3 goals | C. Nwaorisa 1 goals |
Spartaks Jūrmala missing players
Ventspils missing players
| Spartaks Jūrmala | Ventspils | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 11 | 9.7 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 2.7 | 5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | 9 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 11 | 47 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 29% |
- Spartaks Jūrmala has the fewest matches under the total-line (0)
- Spartaks Jūrmala has the most conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Spartaks Jūrmala has the most matches over the total-line (3)
| Spartaks Jūrmala | Last season | Ventspils | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 9 | ||
| 49 | 29 | Scored | S | 20 | 47 | ||
| 64 | 23 | Conceded | C | 29 | 43 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 81% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 22% | ||
| 31% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 9% | ||
| 53% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 62% | ||
| 31% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 19% | 25% | ||
| 19% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 377 | 226 | Total Shots | T S | 156 | 329 | ||
| 153 | 85 | Shots on Target | S O | 57 | 134 | ||
| 32% | 34% | 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 | Rigas FS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Liepaja | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Jelgava | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 5 | Ventspils | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Riga | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Metta / LU | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Valmiera / BSS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 10 | Tukums | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -10 | 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 | Liepaja | 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 |