Ventspils will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 19 points behind Riga.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Ventspils form and stats
Ventspils, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Virsliga, are steadily winning Virsliga games and points here at Olimpiskā centra Ventspils Stadionā. 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 8 games. Ventspils has recorded two wins in a row here at Olimpiskā centra Ventspils Stadionā, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
A strong away win for Ventspils against Metta / LU the last match, as G. Mtchedlishvili and K. Svarups were on target. Before that, Ventspils had a Europa League home game versus Dinamo-Auto which ended with a victory 2-1.
Some amazing scenes last match, when G. Mtchedlishvili scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.
Ventspils can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 18 times. Ventspils are not conceding a lot of goals here at Olimpiskā centra Ventspils Stadionā in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
Riga form and stats
The strength of Riga, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Virsliga, on their travels this season is incredible with 21 points collected from 8 Virsliga away games. Riga has 7-0-1 on the road, with 20 goals scored and 5 conceded. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Spartaks Jūrmala game have they lost an away game, meaning Riga has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Virsliga home defeat versus Rigas FS with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Metta / LU at their stadium, the result 3-0.
Riga are a potent attacking force on the road with their 20 goals in 8 league games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Riga - Ventspils 1-0. Ventspils-Riga H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ventspils three wins, Riga four wins, three draws. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Mbombo 10 goals |  E. Kozlov 6 goals | K. Svarups 6 goals |
Ventspils missing players
Riga missing players
| Ventspils | Riga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 20 | 42 |
| 18 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 82% |
| 53% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 59% |
| 29% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 12% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 24% |
| 47% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 41% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 53% |
| 35% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 6.6 | 5.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 4.2 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 204 | 115 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 96 | 217 |
| 69 | 43 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 42 | 99 |
| 36% | 42% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 48% | 42% |
- Riga has the fewest conceded goals (12) in Virsliga
- Riga has the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Virsliga
- Riga has the most clean sheets (9) in Virsliga
- Riga has the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Virsliga
- Riga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Riga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Riga have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Riga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ventspils has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Virsliga
- Ventspils have not yet lost a game at home.
- Ventspils have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ventspils have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 30 | 45 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 32 | 43 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 31 |
| 4 | Ventspils | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Liepāja | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Metta / LU | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 15 |
| 9 | Jelgava | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -24 | 14 |
| 10 | Tukums | 17 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -35 | 4 |