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 Liepāja's 9th place in the table will show on the pitch.
It's no vacation for neither Valmiera nor Liepāja as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Valmiera / BSS form and stats
Valmiera / BSS have collected 10 points from their Virsliga home games so far after 3-1-2.
Valmiera / BSS enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Spartaks Jurmala's place. The match ended 3-2 with T. Arokodare (2) and D. Skopenko scoring. In the game before, an away victory match versus Tukums with a 3-2 scoreline.
The Valmiera fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Liepāja form and stats
There's been little loot from Liepāja's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Virsliga. Liepāja only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 0 draws. Liepāja seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Liepāja's last game was the home draw against Ventspils (1-1). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Rīgas FS wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
The travelling fans enjoy Liepāja's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. As for defending, Liepāja rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 10 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Liepāja - Valmiera 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Valmiera / BSS four wins, zero draws and Liepāja five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Arokodare 14 goals |  R. Friday 6 goals | L. Hilario Dodo 3 goals |
Valmiera / BSS missing players
Liepāja missing players
| Valmiera / BSS | Liepāja | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 25 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| 23 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 62% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 50% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 29% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 23% |
| 5.9 | 5.8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 147 | 54 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 60 | 145 |
| 67 | 27 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 33 | 59 |
| 37% | 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 32% |
- All of Liepāja's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Liepāja have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Liepāja haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Valmiera / BSS has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
- Valmiera / BSS has the most matches over the total-line (10)
- Valmiera / BSS has the most points from losing position (12)
- 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 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 25 | 34 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 24 |
| 4 | Spartaks Jurmala | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 5 | Ventspils | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 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 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -16 | 14 |
| 9 | Liepāja | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 10 | Tukums | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -25 | 4 |