The Valmiera & Riga head coaches Kalns and Stipić are both fearing and looking forward to this highly important match in the upper area of the Virsliga league table.
- Valmiera have the most points from losing position (8) in Virsliga
- Riga have the most scored goals (44) in Virsliga
Not much time to rest for the host team, as they featured in a Virsliga match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at FS Jelgava.
Valmiera form and stats
Valmiera have played 8 Virsliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager Kalns led his Valmiera to a defeat away at FS Jelgava. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at J. Daliņa stadions. Until that game this team had gone six consecutive league rounds without losing.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Metta / LU that ended 1-1.A decent goal production from Valmiera in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Valmiera have conceded only 7 goals.
Riga form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Riga so far, with 7-2-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Virsliga statistics.
It's the second away game in a row for Riga, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Metta / LU (placed 6th) last time out.
That result followed a home victory 5-1 versus Super Nova.Riga have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 21 goals from 9 away matches. Riga's manager Stipić has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {2 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The squads have met each other already this season, with the final score Riga - Valmiera 3-0 written in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Valmiera wins - draws - Riga wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Regža 9 goals | D. Aurélio 6 goals |  M. Jojić 5 goals |
Valmiera missing players
Riga missing players
| Valmiera | Riga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 21 | 44 |
| 17 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 88% | 88% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 89% | 94% |
| 65% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 89% | 88% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 53% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 41% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 35% |
| 35% | 38% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 78% | 65% |
| 35% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 11% | 6% |
| 5.9 | 5.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 10.9 | 10.2 |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 3.8 | 3 |
| 1.8 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.5 | 8.9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 15.4 | 16.2 |
| 2.6 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 5 | 6.2 |
| 47% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 47% | 42% |
| 6.5 | 5.6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
- Riga have not yet lost a game.
- Riga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Riga have scored more than double the goals of Valmiera.
- Riga have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Virsliga
- Riga have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Virsliga
- Riga have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Virsliga
- Riga have the most clean sheets (7) away in Virsliga
- Riga have the most points (23) away in Virsliga
- Riga have the most scored goals (44) in Virsliga
- Riga have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Virsliga
- Riga have the the best goal difference (+38) in Virsliga
- Riga have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Valmiera have the most points from losing position (8) 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 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 38 | 45 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 34 | 41 |
| 3 | Valmiera | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 4 | Liepāja | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| 5 | Auda | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -6 | 23 |
| 6 | Metta / LU | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 22 |
| 7 | FS Jelgava | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -10 | 18 |
| 8 | Tukums | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -15 | 16 |
| 9 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 13 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 24 | -37 | 7 |
