A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Valmiera / BSS fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Jelgava's 8th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Valmiera / BSS form and stats
When playing at home in the Virsliga, Valmiera / BSS have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.
Valmiera drew their last game, also a home match. Liepaja (placed 9th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Spartaks Jurmala.
There will be little rest for Valmiera / BSS after this match as they are travelling to Lech Poznan for a Europa League game in only four days.
Valmiera / BSS have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Vidzemes Olimpiskais centrs with 11 goals in 7 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Jelgava form and stats
Jelgava have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Virsliga, after 1-1-5 (7 played). Recent form does not give Jelgava much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Valmiera / BSS will be a tough nut to crack. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Jelgava have lost on their last two travels.
The attacking players of Jelgava have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 282 minutes.
Jelgava are travelling again after losing away to Ventspils in their previous match (0-5). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against Rīgas FS.
Jelgava lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Jelgava's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 7 matches. For Jelgava, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Jelgava - Valmiera 1-2 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Valmiera, two draws and four wins for Jelgava. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  T. Arokodare 14 goals |  Y. Zakharkiv 6 goals | Ē. Punculs 3 goals |
Valmiera / BSS missing players
Jelgava missing players
| Valmiera / BSS | Jelgava | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 26 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 24 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 67% |
| 67% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 67% |
| 47% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 53% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 40% |
| 27% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 71% | 47% |
| 6.3 | 6.7 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 163 | 70 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 59 | 124 |
| 71 | 31 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 27 | 60 |
| 37% | 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 11% | 18% |
- Jelgava has the fewest scored goals (3) away
- Jelgava has the most conceded goals in the first half (18)
- Jelgava has the the worst goal difference (-12) away
- Jelgava have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Valmiera / BSS has the fewest matches under the total-line (5)
- Valmiera / BSS has the most matches over the total-line (10)
- Valmiera / BSS has the most points from losing position (12)
- Valmiera / BSS have scored more than double the goals of Jelgava.
- Valmiera / BSS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 26 | 39 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 26 | 37 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 25 |
| 4 | Spartaks Jurmala | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Ventspils | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 8 | Jelgava | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -21 | 14 |
| 9 | Liepaja | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 10 | Tukums | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -27 | 4 |