There is optimism in Valmiera so far this season, with the 3rd place in the Virsliga table and anticipating the visit of Metta / LU (who are in 4th).
- Metta / LU have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Valmiera nor Metta / LU 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 form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 7 Virsliga games here at Vidzemes Olimpiskais centrs for Valmiera. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
It's back home for Valmiera, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Liepaja away with the result 2-1.
Before that, Valmiera had a home game versus FC Daugavpils / Progress which ended with a victory 1-0.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 6 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 4, drew 1 and lost 1.
A decent goal production from Valmiera in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. Valmiera have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Metta / LU form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Virsliga.
Metta / LU lost away at Auda (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Until that loss this club had taken at least a draw from six league fixtures in a row.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Super Nova.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Metta played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 4 times.
Will both teams score? This side's most recent statistics suggest that, having completed 5 league games in a row with one or more goals from each side.
After this away game Metta / LU return home for a Virsliga game against Riga. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Metta / LU has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Metta / LU have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Valmiera have won every one of the 4 latest duels versus this team. Another win today?The squads have faced each other before in this season, with the result Metta / LU - Valmiera 0-1 registered in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Gueye 4 goals |  A. Puzirevskis 4 goals | M. Correa 4 goals |
Valmiera missing players
Metta / LU missing players
| Valmiera | Metta / LU | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 22 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 22 |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 60% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 40% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 64% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 43% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 29% |
| 40% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 64% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 14% |
| 33% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 12% | 29% |
| 5.7 | 5 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.9 | 5 |
| 1.6 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.8 | 7.7 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.8 | 10.1 |
| 2.6 | 3.1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 51% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 52% | 45% |
| 6 | 5.1 | 2.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 24 | 11.6 | 10.5 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
- All of Metta / LU's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Metta / LU have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Metta / LU haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 32 | 39 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 29 | 38 |
| 3 | Valmiera | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | Metta / LU | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 | Liepaja | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Auda | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -7 | 19 |
| 7 | FS Jelgava | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 15 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 13 |
| 9 | Tukums | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -16 | 12 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -28 | 7 |
