A crucial match in Virsliga as both sides are battling for the top positions. With Valmiera / BSS in 1st place and Rīgas FS located at 2nd, this is almost guaranteed to be a thriling fight. Read on to find out more!
- Valmiera / BSS have the most points from losing position (13) in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS have the most scored goals (43) in Virsliga
Valmiera / BSS form and stats
Valmiera / BSS have been outstanding at home so far in the Virsliga with 8 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss. Ever since the Rīgas FS game Valmiera has been unbeatable here at Vidzemes Olimpiskais centrs producing six straight wins.
The Valmiera / BSS goalkeeper Rihards Matrevics is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 194 minutes without conceding a goal in the Virsliga.
Valmiera / BSS's last game was hosting Dinamo Riga and winning 5-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Valmiera / BSS played a great game against Dinamo Riga and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
In the game before, an away victory in the Virsliga match versus Metta / LU with a 4-0 scoreline.Goals decide football matches and Valmiera are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 10 league matches. Defensively Valmiera / BSS have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (5 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rīgas FS form and stats
Rīgas FS have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 16 points collected from 6 Virsliga games. 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far. Rīgas has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Metta / LU.
K. Friesenbichler and T. Šimkovič scored in Rīgas's previous match, the home game against FC Daugavpils / Progress that ended 2-0.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Auda.The Rīgas FS manager V. Morozs has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 6 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
This was the score when the teams met previously this campaign; Rīgas FS - Valmiera 1-2. Valmiera / BSS-Rīgas FS H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Valmiera three wins, Rīgas FS six wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  I. Sow 11 goals |  R. Krollis 8 goals | D. Gueye 5 goals |
Valmiera / BSS missing players
Rīgas FS missing players
| Valmiera / BSS | Rīgas FS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | 20 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 43 |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 82% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 76% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 41% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 45% | 30% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 53% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 47% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.9 | 7.1 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7.2 | 6.7 |
| 5.4 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| 2.5 | 1.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 11.6 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.5 | 14.1 |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.2 | 6 |
| 36% | 35% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 41% | 39% |
- Rīgas FS have not yet lost a game away.
- Rīgas FS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rīgas FS have scored in all their matches so far.
- Rīgas FS have the most scored goals (43) in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS have the the best goal difference (+28) in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Valmiera / BSS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Valmiera / BSS have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Virsliga
- Valmiera / BSS have the most points from losing position (13) in Virsliga
- 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 | Valmiera / BSS | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 28 | 43 |
| 3 | Riga | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 38 |
| 4 | Liepāja | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 32 |
| 5 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -2 | 25 |
| 6 | Spartaks Jurmala | 21 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 30 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 24 | -4 | 24 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 25 | -20 | 13 |
| 8 | Noah Jurmala | 19 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 33 | -58 | 4 |
| 9 | Ventspils | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |