Ventspils will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind Rīgas FS.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ventspils form and stats
When playing at home in the Virsliga, Ventspils have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games.
Ventspils haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 229 minutes ago. D. Idowu (own goal) scored that one.
Ventspils are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Riga. Before that, Ventspils drew at home versus Metta / LU.
Ventspils have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Olimpiskā centra Ventspils Stadionā with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Ventspils have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rīgas FS form and stats
As the visiting team in Virsliga matches, Rīgas FS, who have the most scored goals (23) in Virsliga, have produced an overall stat of 5-0-0 so far.
It's the second away game in a row for Rīgas, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Tukums (placed 10th) in the Virsliga last time out. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Riga.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Valmiera / BSS in just four days.
Rīgas are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (16 goals from 5 away games). Rīgas are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Ventspils and Rīgas FS have met before this season: Rīgas FS - Ventspils 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Ventspils, one draw and four wins for Rīgas FS. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  E. Santana Deocleciano 6 goals |  A. Herve Kouadio 4 goals |  E. Kozlov 3 goals |
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| Ventspils | Rīgas FS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 23 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 89% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 33% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 60% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 40% | 33% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 44% |
| 22% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 56% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8.3 | 6.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 112 | 59 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 54 | 99 |
| 38 | 22 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 29 | 52 |
| 29% | 32% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 55% | 44% |
- Rīgas FS has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
- Rīgas FS has the most clean sheets (3) away
- Rīgas FS has the most points (15) away
- Rīgas FS has the most scored goals (16) away
- Rīgas FS has the most scored goals (23)
- Rīgas FS has the most scored goals in the first half (12)
- Rīgas FS has the the best goal difference (+12) away
- Rīgas FS have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rīgas FS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rīgas FS have scored in all their matches so far.
- Rīgas FS have scored more than double the goals of Ventspils.
- Rīgas FS have won all their away games so far.
- Rīgas FS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ventspils has the fewest matches over the total-line (4)
- Ventspils has the most matches under the total-line (5)
- 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.
- Ventspils have won significantly less corners at home than 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 | Rīgas FS | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 2 | Riga | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 4 | Spartaks Jurmala | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Ventspils | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Liepaja | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Jelgava | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 9 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 10 | Tukums | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -21 | 2 |