Game week two of the Virsliga season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Valmiera / BSS - Rīgas FS preview:
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Valmiera / BSS form and stats
Valmiera are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Riga. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 3-3 versus Metta / LU.
Last season, Valmiera / BSS's league statistics were 12 wins, 10 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the First Liga. Over these 32 matches they scored 37 goals and conceded 34. Playing at home last season Valmiera / BSS managed 7-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 17 conceded.
Rīgas FS form and stats
The supporters enjoyed Rīgas FS's previous game versus Ventspils (placed 8th), a Virsliga 1-0 win played at home. Before that, Rīgas secured a home win against Ventspils with the score 2-1.
Let's have a look at how Rīgas FS performed last season in the Virsliga: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 8 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 6 and lost 4 with 18/18 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Valmiera won one, Rīgas FS won nine and zero draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
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Valmiera / BSS missing players
Rīgas FS missing players
| Valmiera / BSS | Rīgas FS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Valmiera / BSS | Last season | Rīgas FS | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Scored | S | 18 | 55 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 18 | 32 | ||
| 88% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 91% | ||
| 59% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 75% | ||
| 38% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 47% | ||
| 25% | 19% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 19% | 28% | ||
| 9% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 19% | ||
| 38% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 50% | ||
| 38% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 34% | ||
| 38% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 25% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 289 | 160 | Total Shots | T S | 162 | 376 | ||
| 122 | 70 | Shots on Target | S O | 60 | 151 | ||
| 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liepaja | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Riga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Rīgas FS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Ventspils | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Valmiera / BSS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 38 | 66 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 55 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 59 |
| 3 | Ventspils | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 47 |
| 4 | Valmiera / BSS | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 46 |
| 5 | Spartaks Jurmala | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 49 | 64 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 41 | -15 | 44 |
| 6 | Liepaja | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 20 | -2 | 39 |
| 7 | Jelgava | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 38 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -23 | 31 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 35 | 60 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 32 | -25 | 26 |