Soccer preview: Home supporters have high expectations when Valmiera welcome FC Daugavpils

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Competition: Sat 22.Jul
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: J. Daliņa stadions (2000 seats)

We should have a significant gap in form between these teams based on table positions so far, with Valmiera ahead of FC Daugavpils by 12 points.

Insights:
  • Valmiera have the most points from losing position (9) in Virsliga
  • FC Daugavpils have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Virsliga

The hosts Valmiera saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Champions League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Olimpija, was also a home game here at J. Daliņa stadions. The away team is better rested.

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Valmiera form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at J. Daliņa stadions as Valmiera have scored 20 goals to get 22 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Virsliga are 6-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The Valmiera goalkeeper Carlos Raul Olses Quijada is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 254 minutes without conceding a goal in the Virsliga.

Valmiera's previous game was also a home event, the loss 1-2 vs Olimpija (in Champions League). The gifted forward Mena outdid all the other players in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.42 out of 10. Mena scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

A home win ahead of that match, as predicted. The team were big favourites against Super Nova and won 2-0. Valmiera are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 8 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 5, drew 2 and lost 1.

A decent goal production from Valmiera in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. Valmiera are not conceding a lot of goals here at J. Daliņa stadions in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.

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FC Daugavpils form and stats

There's been little loot from FC Daugavpils's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 10 away games in the Virsliga. FC Daugavpils only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws. Two points from the last two away games for FC Daugavpils, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Daugavpils goalkeeper Vladislavs Kurakins is eager to challenge this, with his 207 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a Latvian Cup home loss versus Auda with 1-4 on the scoreboard.

Ahead of that match was the Virsliga away draw versus Metta / LU that ended 0-0.

You'll want to know how FC Daugavpils managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 5 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 5 home wins.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Daugavpils as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. As opposed to that, FC Daugavpils have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Valmiera have not lost in the last 15 games (9-6-0) against FC Daugavpils.

The two combatants have battled previously this season: Valmiera - FC Daugavpils 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

FC DaugavpilsV. Lizunovs
V. Lizunovs
8 goals
FC DaugavpilsW. Mukwelle
W. Mukwelle
7 goals
ValmieraD. Gueye
D. Gueye
4 goals

Valmiera missing players

FC Daugavpils missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Valmiera FC Daugavpils
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 2 10 22
9 6 4 Won W 0 1 5
7 4 0 Drew D 0 2 7
6 1 0 Lost L 2 7 10
29 20 15 Scored S 1 9 30
21 8 4 Conceded C 4 13 32
86% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
64% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 77%
36% 27% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 45%
18% 27% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 32%
9% 18% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 18%
36% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 55%
41% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 18%
36% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 32%
 
5.8 5.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0.5 3.5 4.6
5 5.1 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 12 5.3 5.4
1.8 2.4 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.1
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.6 10.7 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 8.1 7.6
3.1 3.5 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 2.6 2.5
42% 53% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 35% 55%
 
6.9 5.9 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 27 11.4 9.7
2.6 2.4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 10.5 4.5 3.5
Key stats in Virsliga this season:
  • FC Daugavpils have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Virsliga
  • FC Daugavpils have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Valmiera have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Valmiera have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FC Daugavpils have scored away.
  • Valmiera have the most points from losing position (9) in Virsliga

  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 22 17 4 1 53 11 11 9 2 0 29 7 11 8 2 1 24 4 42 55
2 Rigas FS 22 15 7 0 53 9 10 9 1 0 20 3 12 6 6 0 33 6 44 52
3 Valmiera 22 9 7 6 29 21 11 6 4 1 20 8 11 3 3 5 9 13 8 34
4 Liepaja 21 9 4 8 32 32 12 4 3 5 13 21 9 5 1 3 19 11 0 31
5 Auda 22 8 7 7 23 24 10 3 3 4 7 15 12 5 4 3 16 9 -1 31
6 Metta / LU 21 6 6 9 26 36 10 3 2 5 10 17 11 3 4 4 16 19 -10 24
7 Tukums 22 6 5 11 32 50 10 3 3 4 11 19 12 3 2 7 21 31 -18 23
8 FC Daugavpils 22 5 7 10 30 32 12 4 5 3 21 19 10 1 2 7 9 13 -2 22
9 FS Jelgava 22 5 5 12 26 41 12 5 3 4 18 18 10 0 2 8 8 23 -15 20
10 Super Nova 22 2 2 18 19 67 11 2 1 8 10 37 11 0 1 10 9 30 -48 8

Table
  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 22 17 4 1 53 11 11 9 2 0 29 7 11 8 2 1 24 4 42 55
2 Rigas FS 22 15 7 0 53 9 10 9 1 0 20 3 12 6 6 0 33 6 44 52
3 Valmiera 22 9 7 6 29 21 11 6 4 1 20 8 11 3 3 5 9 13 8 34
4 Liepaja 21 9 4 8 32 32 12 4 3 5 13 21 9 5 1 3 19 11 0 31
5 Auda 22 8 7 7 23 24 10 3 3 4 7 15 12 5 4 3 16 9 -1 31
6 Metta / LU 21 6 6 9 26 36 10 3 2 5 10 17 11 3 4 4 16 19 -10 24
7 Tukums 22 6 5 11 32 50 10 3 3 4 11 19 12 3 2 7 21 31 -18 23
8 FC Daugavpils 22 5 7 10 30 32 12 4 5 3 21 19 10 1 2 7 9 13 -2 22
9 FS Jelgava 22 5 5 12 26 41 12 5 3 4 18 18 10 0 2 8 8 23 -15 20
10 Super Nova 22 2 2 18 19 67 11 2 1 8 10 37 11 0 1 10 9 30 -48 8

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