Virsliga match prediction and preview for Valmiera / BSS vs Riga clash

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Date: Sun 22.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vidzemes Olimpiskais centrs (1000 seats)

Valmiera / BSS will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 19 points behind Riga.

Riga could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Virsliga game only four sleeps ago.

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Valmiera / BSS form and stats

The story so far in the Virsliga for Valmiera / BSS at their home stadium (Vidzemes Olimpiskais centrs) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Valmiera / BSS after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Valmiera / BSS drew their last game, 2-2 away at FC Daugavpils / Progress (placed 8th). Before that, Valmiera / BSS played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Metta / LU.

Valmiera / BSS are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 11 attempts. Valmiera / BSS are not conceding a lot of goals here at Vidzemes Olimpiskais centrs in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches.

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Riga form and stats

Riga, who have the most points (27) away in Virsliga, have an excellent away record in the Virsliga so far with 9-0-3 from 12 games. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Riga's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Ventspils game.

Riga delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Ventspils (placed 3rd) in their previous match; a Virsliga game. Before that, Riga secured a home win against Metta / LU with the score 5-0.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Riga manager M. Koņevs as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Rīgas FS.

Riga have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 24 goals from 12 away matches. It's not easy to score on Riga as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Riga - Valmiera / BSS 0-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Valmiera / BSS 2 wins, 1 draw and Riga 4 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. Debelko
6 goals
K. Bilinski
5 goals

Valmiera / BSS missing players

Riga missing players

Valmiera / BSS Riga
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
25 11 2 Played P 3 12 25
9 5 0 Won W 3 9 17
8 3 1 Drew D 0 0 3
8 3 1 Lost L 0 3 5
25 12 1 Scored S 10 24 48
25 10 3 Conceded C 3 10 15
88% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
56% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 60%
32% 27% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 48%
20% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 33% 28%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 12%
36% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 42% 32%
36% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 42% 52%
40% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 24%
 
4.4 5.3 8 Corners For (avg) C F 2.3 4.5 5.2
5.4 5 6.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 7.3 3.9 3.6
2.4 2.2 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.2 2.3
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 4
Key stats This season:
  • 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Valmiera / BSS have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Valmiera / BSS
All First Liga Virsliga Latvian Cup
All Home Away
04-08-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 2 - 1 Liepāja
10-08-19 VI Spartaks Jūrmala 3 - 0 Valmiera / BSS
17-08-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 3 - 1 Jelgava
25-08-19 VI Metta / LU 0 - 0 Valmiera / BSS
14-09-19 VI FC Daugavpils / Progress 2 - 2 Valmiera / BSS
22-09-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 15:00 Riga
29-09-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 12:00 Ventspils
05-10-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 13:00 Rīgas FS
20-10-19 VI Liepāja 14:00 Valmiera / BSS
27-10-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 12:00 Spartaks Jūrmala
Riga
All Champions League Virsliga Europa League Latvian Cup Club Friendlies FNL Cup
All Home Away
25-08-19 VI Spartaks Jūrmala 2 - 4 Riga
29-08-19 EL Riga 1 - 0 København
01-09-19 LC Riga 4 - 0 Tukums
14-09-19 VI Riga 5 - 0 Metta / LU
18-09-19 VI Riga 0 - 0 Ventspils
22-09-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 15:00 Riga
26-09-19 LC Rīgas FS 16:00 Riga
30-09-19 VI Riga 15:00 FC Daugavpils / Progress
19-10-19 VI Ventspils 11:00 Riga
27-10-19 VI Riga 14:00 Rīgas FS

  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 25 17 3 5 48 15 13 8 3 2 24 5 12 9 0 3 24 10 33 54
2 Rīgas FS 26 13 6 7 40 27 13 8 2 3 27 12 13 5 4 4 13 15 13 45
3 Ventspils 26 11 9 6 40 33 14 7 7 0 25 12 12 4 2 6 15 21 7 42
4 Spartaks Jūrmala 26 11 4 11 38 48 13 7 0 6 21 19 13 4 4 5 17 29 -10 37
5 Valmiera / BSS 25 9 8 8 25 25 11 5 3 3 12 10 14 4 5 5 13 15 0 35
6 Liepāja 25 8 5 12 29 31 12 4 3 5 18 16 13 4 2 7 11 15 -2 29
7 Jelgava 25 7 7 11 22 29 12 3 3 6 9 14 13 4 4 5 13 15 -7 28
8 FC Daugavpils / Progress 26 7 5 14 23 41 13 4 2 7 11 17 13 3 3 7 12 24 -18 26
9 Metta / LU 26 6 5 15 25 41 14 4 3 7 16 22 12 2 2 8 9 19 -16 23

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