This match features two teams living in the basement of the Virsliga, Tukums holding 10th place and Metta / LU lying 9th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
The hosts Tukums saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Latvian Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Valmiera / BSS.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Metta / LU's home stadium. The visitors last 23 games on grass have ended in 2 wins, 6 draws and 15 losses.
Tukums form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Virsliga this season. Tukums, who have the fewest scored goals (14) in Virsliga, have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Tukuma pilsētas stadions.
No payout for Tukums in their previous match, an away game at Valmiera / BSS that ended in defeat 0-1. A Virsliga defeat was the result before that one, 0-5 away at Valmiera / BSS.
Heartbreak for Tukums in their last match as Valmiera / BSS's E. Punculs scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Tukums aren't scoring a lot here at Tukuma pilsētas stadions in the league, with only 7 goals from 11 games. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Tukums have allowed the opposition to score 30 goals here at Tukuma pilsētas stadions.
Metta / LU form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Metta / LU so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-8 (win-draw-lose). A depressing four defeats in a row for Metta in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Jelgava. It's a growing despair in Metta / LU as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
K. Raimonds was the last player to score for the away team. Metta haven't scored a league goal in the last 315 minutes.
Two away games in a row for Metta / LU, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus FC Daugavpils / Progress in the Virsliga. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Jelgava.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Metta / LU, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Metta / LU - Tukums 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Tukums victories, three draws and seven Metta / LU wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Masangane 8 goals | R. Ozoliņš 3 goals |  R. Vitolnieks 2 goals |
Tukums missing players
Metta / LU missing players
| Tukums | Metta / LU | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 58 | 30 | 9 | Conceded | C | 7 | 24 | 41 |
| 91% | 82% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 91% | 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 73% |
| 64% | 73% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 55% | 55% |
| 36% | 45% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 36% | 27% |
| 27% | 36% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 14% |
| 45% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 36% | 45% |
| 9% | 18% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 55% | 55% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 64% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 171 | 81 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 74 | 159 |
| 69 | 32 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 30 | 75 |
| 20% | 22% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 27% | 25% |
- Metta / LU have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Metta / LU is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Tukums has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Virsliga
- Tukums has the fewest points (5) at home in Virsliga
- Tukums has the fewest scored goals (14) in Virsliga
- Tukums has the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Virsliga
- Tukums has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Virsliga
- Tukums has the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Virsliga
- Tukums has the most conceded goals (30) at home in Virsliga
- Tukums has the most conceded goals (58) in Virsliga
- Tukums has the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Virsliga
- Tukums has the most conceded goals in the second half (34) in Virsliga
- Tukums has the the worst goal difference (-23) at home in Virsliga
- Tukums has the the worst goal difference (-44) in Virsliga
- Tukums have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Tukums have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 37 | 60 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 36 | 51 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 39 |
| 4 | Ventspils | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | Liepāja | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 29 |
| 6 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Jelgava | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -25 | 21 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | -10 | 19 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -22 | 16 |
| 10 | Tukums | 22 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 28 | -44 | 8 |