A quick peek at the Virsliga standings imply an edge to Riga when they go to Super Nova. Even so; let's play the game before we award the win!
- Super Nova have the fewest scored goals (20) in Virsliga
- Riga is in the best form (5-1-0) in Virsliga
The visiting Riga played their last game only three days ago, a Europa Conference League match.
Super Nova form and stats
Super Nova's struggle is real here at Salaspils sporta nama stadions with only 7 points collected from 12 Virsliga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-9. When Super Nova hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Valmiera and Rigas FS), they have won 1 of 2 matches! With nine home Virsliga games in a row without a win, the Super Nova fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.
Super Nova experienced a slightly shocking loss 1-3 against Metta / LU in their previous outing, also played at home.
Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Valmiera in the Latvian Cup. The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Riga to win. Let's see if Super Nova are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: 14 games found revealing 1 Super win, 0 draws and 13 defeats.
Betting people might want to know that 9 of the most recent 11 league games from this football club have had at least one goal from each team.
Super Nova have scored {11 league goals} here from 12 matches, not a lot. Super Nova's defense is seriously deficient as 40 goals have been conceded in these matches.
Riga form and stats
Riga have an excellent away record in the Virsliga so far with 9-2-1 from 12 games. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Riga hope to make it five in this match.
Riga have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Nils Toms Purins. It's been 300 minutes since they last conceded in Virsliga.
The followers enjoyed Riga's previous game versus Kecskemeti TE, a Europa Conference League win (3-1) played at home. Midfielder Mankenda was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.9. Mankenda scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 14 of 22 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against FC Daugavpils / Progress in the Virsliga.As mentioned earlier, Riga will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 13 wins (12 by two or more goals winning margin), 2 draws and 1 surprising defeat.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Riga manager Stipić as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against FC Twente.
The Riga manager Stipić has got the team scoring on the road, with 30 away goals in 12 league matches. The Riga defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({4 goals} in 12 games). It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The 8 most recent meetings involving these two teams have all finished as Riga victories. More of the same or streak broken?The contenders have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Riga - Super Nova 5-1 written in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Regža 13 goals |   J. Miņins 8 goals |  D. Aurélio 8 goals |
Super Nova missing players
Riga missing players
| Super Nova | Riga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 15 | 30 | 62 |
| 70 | 40 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 96% | 92% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 74% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 50% | 58% |
| 57% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 42% | 42% |
| 30% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 8% | 12% |
| 52% | 42% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 25% | 38% |
| 9% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 67% | 58% |
| 39% | 42% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10.8 | 10.4 | 9.4 |
| 6.7 | 7.8 | 12.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.2 | 6.2 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 15.2 | 15.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| 43% | 46% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 71% | 47% | 45% |
| 14.1 | 15.2 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 |
- Riga have created more than twice as many corners as Super Nova.
- Riga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Riga have scored more than double the goals of Super Nova.
- Riga have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Virsliga
- Riga have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Virsliga
- Riga have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Virsliga
- Riga have the most clean sheets (8) away in Virsliga
- Riga have the most points (29) away in Virsliga
- Riga have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Virsliga
- Riga have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Riga is in the best form (5-1-0) in Virsliga
- Super Nova have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Super Nova have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Super Nova have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Virsliga
- Super Nova have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Virsliga
- Super Nova have the fewest points (7) at home in Virsliga
- Super Nova have the fewest scored goals (20) in Virsliga
- Super Nova have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Virsliga
- Super Nova have the most conceded goals (40) at home in Virsliga
- Super Nova have the most conceded goals (70) in Virsliga
- Super Nova have the most conceded goals in the first half (35) in Virsliga
- Super Nova have the most conceded goals in the second half (35) in Virsliga
- Super Nova have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Virsliga
- Super Nova have the the worst goal difference (-29) at home in Virsliga
- Super Nova have the the worst goal difference (-50) in Virsliga
- Super Nova haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Super Nova is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 62 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 51 | 61 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 54 | 58 |
| 3 | Valmiera | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | Liepaja | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | -1 | 33 |
| 5 | Auda | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 9 | -4 | 32 |
| 6 | Metta / LU | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | -9 | 28 |
| 7 | FS Jelgava | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -13 | 26 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | Tukums | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 63 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 38 | -31 | 23 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 23 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 70 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -50 | 8 |
