Spartaks Jūrmala vs Ventspils match preview

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Date: Sat 31.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kauguru vidusskolas stadions (2000 seats)

Spartaks Jūrmala will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Ventspils.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Spartaks Jūrmala and Ventspils.

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Spartaks Jūrmala form and stats

Overall Virsliga stats at home this season for Spartaks Jūrmala, who have the most conceded goals (42) in Virsliga, are 7-0-6 (wins-draw-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Spartaks Jūrmala, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

The Spartaks Jūrmala crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Ventspils here at Kauguru vidusskolas stadions in a Virsliga match. Ahead of that match, Spartaks Jūrmala lost 2-4 at home to Riga.

Spartaks Jūrmala have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kauguru vidusskolas stadions with 21 goals in 13 league matches. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Ventspils form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Virsliga travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. Ventspils has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Two travels in a row for Ventspils, whose manager I. Klosovs could celebrate last time after the Virsliga win against Spartaks Jūrmala. Preceding that game was the away victory against Liepaja with the score of 2-1.

Ventspils are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Ventspils have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Spartaks Jūrmala - Ventspils 0-1 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Spartaks Jūrmala victories, 2 draws and 5 Ventspils wins. 8 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

T. Aiyegun
11 goals
N. Belaković
8 goals
G. Charpentier
5 goals

Spartaks Jūrmala missing players

Ventspils missing players

Spartaks Jūrmala Ventspils
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
25 13 4 Played 3 11 24
11 7 1 Won 1 4 11
4 0 0 Drew 1 1 7
10 6 3 Lost 1 6 6
38 21 5 Scored 3 15 39
42 19 11 Conceded 6 21 32
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 69% 75% Over 1.5 100% 91% 92%
68% 62% 75% Over 2.5 67% 73% 62%
36% 31% 75% Over 3.5 33% 27% 25%
24% 23% 50% Over 4.5 0% 18% 8%
52% 38% 50% BTTS 67% 64% 62%
36% 46% 25% Clean Sheets 0% 18% 29%
16% 15% 25% Failed To Score 33% 18% 8%
 
4.6 4.9 4.8 Corners For (avg) 6 5.9 6.4
5 4.9 4.2 Corners Against (avg) 3.7 4.2 4.3
2.7 2.4 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2.7 2.6
4 2 1 Red Cards 0 2 4
Key stats this season:
  • Spartaks Jūrmala haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Ventspils have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ventspils haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Spartaks Jūrmala
All Champions League Virsliga Europa League Latvian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
03-08-19 VI Metta / LU 1 - 1 Spartaks Jūrmala
10-08-19 VI Spartaks Jūrmala 3 - 0 Valmiera / BSS
17-08-19 VI FC Daugavpils / Progress 2 - 3 Spartaks Jūrmala
25-08-19 VI Spartaks Jūrmala 2 - 4 Riga
31-08-19 VI Spartaks Jūrmala 0 - 1 Ventspils
15-09-19 VI Rigas FS 15:00 Spartaks Jūrmala
21-09-19 VI Spartaks Jūrmala 12:00 Liepaja
05-10-19 VI Jelgava 11:00 Spartaks Jūrmala
20-10-19 VI Spartaks Jūrmala 11:00 Metta / LU
27-10-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 12:00 Spartaks Jūrmala
Ventspils
All Virsliga Europa League Latvian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
08-08-19 EL Ventspils 0 - 3 Vitoria Guimaraes
14-08-19 EL Vitoria Guimaraes 6 - 0 Ventspils
18-08-19 VI Ventspils 3 - 0 Rigas FS
24-08-19 VI Liepaja 1 - 2 Ventspils
31-08-19 VI Spartaks Jūrmala 0 - 1 Ventspils
14-09-19 VI Ventspils 11:00 Jelgava
18-09-19 VI Riga 15:00 Ventspils
22-09-19 VI Metta / LU 11:00 Ventspils
29-09-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 12:00 Ventspils
05-10-19 VI FC Daugavpils / Progress 12:00 Ventspils

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Riga 23 16 2 5 43 15 11 7 2 2 19 5 12 9 0 3 24 10 28 50
2 Rīgas FS 25 12 6 7 34 27 12 7 2 3 21 12 13 5 4 4 13 15 7 42
3 Ventspils 24 11 7 6 39 32 13 7 6 0 24 11 11 4 1 6 15 21 7 40
4 Spartaks Jūrmala 25 11 4 10 38 42 13 7 0 6 21 19 12 4 4 4 17 23 -4 37
5 Valmiera / BSS 24 9 7 8 23 23 11 5 3 3 12 10 13 4 4 5 11 13 0 34
6 Liepāja 25 8 5 12 29 31 12 4 3 5 18 16 13 4 2 7 11 15 -2 29
7 Jelgava 24 7 6 11 21 28 12 3 3 6 9 14 12 4 3 5 12 14 -7 27
8 FC Daugavpils / Progress 25 7 4 14 21 39 12 4 1 7 9 15 13 3 3 7 12 24 -18 25
9 Metta / LU 25 6 5 14 25 36 14 4 3 7 16 22 11 2 2 7 9 14 -11 23

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