The visiting Riga side should be favourites in this visit to Tukums, as the away team holds a 52 point advantage from their 24 league games this season.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Tukums's stadium, Tukuma mākslīgā laukumā stadions, has a grass surface. Riga have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Riga when playing on grass; 16 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses from 24 matches. They have scored 51 goals in these games and conceded 24.
Tukums form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Virsliga this season. Tukums, who have the most conceded goals (61) in Virsliga, have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Tukuma mākslīgā laukumā stadions. Tukums has recorded two wins in a row here at Tukuma mākslīgā laukumā stadions, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
A strong away win for Tukums against Spartaks Jurmala the last match, as J. Krautmanis and O. Ogunji (2) were on target. Sensational by Tukums last match, beating Spartaks Jurmala away as big underdogs. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Metta / LU in a game that was won 3-1.
A goal frenzy last time out for Tukums, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Spartaks Jurmala. Fun stuff to watch!
Tukums aren't scoring a lot here at Tukuma mākslīgā laukumā stadions in the league, with only 10 goals from 12 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Tukums have allowed the opposition to score 31 goals here at Tukuma mākslīgā laukumā stadions. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Riga form and stats
Riga, who have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Virsliga, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 30 points collected from 11 Virsliga games. 10 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat is the record so far. Riga are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played ten in a row without losing. Riga have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of seven victories in a row regardless of arena.
S. Milošević (2), Roger, Pedrinho and S. Panić scored in Riga's previous match, the home game against Metta / LU that ended 5-1. Before that, Riga secured a home win against FC Daugavpils / Progress with the score 2-0.
As mentioned above, Riga was the only team on the pitch versus Metta / LU in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
The Riga manager O. Kononov has got the team scoring on the road, with 26 away goals in 11 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Riga - Tukums 5-2. Tukums-Riga H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Tukums zero wins, Riga three wins, zero draws. three of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Mbombo 12 goals | S. Panić 5 goals | R. Rodrigues Figueira 5 goals |
Tukums missing players
Riga missing players
| Tukums | Riga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 9 | 26 | 58 |
| 61 | 31 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 82% | 83% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | 54% |
| 42% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 25% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 21% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 45% | 42% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 55% | 54% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 208 | 106 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 57 | 139 | 320 |
| 86 | 41 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 60 | 145 |
| 24% | 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 43% | 40% |
- Riga has the fewest conceded goals (15) in Virsliga
- Riga has the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Virsliga
- Riga has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Virsliga
- Riga has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Virsliga
- Riga has the most clean sheets (13) in Virsliga
- Riga has the most clean sheets (6) away in Virsliga
- Riga has the most points (30) away in Virsliga
- Riga has the most scored goals in the second half (37) in Virsliga
- Riga has the the best goal difference (+20) away in Virsliga
- Riga has the the best goal difference (+43) in Virsliga
- Riga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Riga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Riga have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Riga have scored more than double the goals of Tukums.
- Riga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Riga is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Tukums has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Virsliga
- Tukums has the fewest points (8) at home in Virsliga
- Tukums has the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Virsliga
- Tukums has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Virsliga
- Tukums has the most conceded goals (31) at home in Virsliga
- Tukums has the most conceded goals (61) in Virsliga
- Tukums has the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Virsliga
- Tukums has the the worst goal difference (-21) at home in Virsliga
- Tukums has the the worst goal difference (-40) 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 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 43 | 66 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 38 | 57 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 39 |
| 4 | Ventspils | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 37 |
| 5 | Liepaja | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 32 |
| 6 | Spartaks Jurmala | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | -1 | 31 |
| 7 | Jelgava | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 48 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 21 | -31 | 21 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 29 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -13 | 19 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 32 | -28 | 16 |
| 10 | Tukums | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 30 | -40 | 14 |