Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Riga & Shinnik face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FNL Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Riga have less rest than Shinnik in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a FNL Cup game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Mordovia Saransk.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Shinnik have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 1-3-1 (win-draw-loss) from five matches.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Riga form and stats
Last season their FNL Cup adventure ended in the 3rd place final.Riga are steadily winning Virsliga games and points here. 10 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 16 games.
Riga are returning here after visiting Mordovia Saransk in a FNL Cup game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Previous to that game, a Virsliga home match hosting Spartaks Jurmala in a game that was won 4-1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Riga, as the FNL Cup home game vs SKA Khabarovsk is only three days away.
Riga have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 31 goals in 16 league matches. Riga have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 7 goals.
Shinnik form and stats
Shinnik's mission in FNL Cup last season failed in the 3rd place final.6-5-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Shinnik in their FNL matches away.
Shinnik are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the FNL against Tekstilshchik. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Tekstilshchik.
After this away game Shinnik return home for a FNL Cup game against Mordovia Saransk. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Shinnik's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 13 league matches away. 16 goals have been conceded by Shinnik in these games.
Head 2 Head
Riga missing players
Shinnik missing players
| Riga | Shinnik | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | ||
| 49 | 25 | Scored | S | 19 | 38 | ||
| 22 | 4 | Conceded | C | 14 | 31 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 24% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 256 | 125 | Total Shots | T S | 120 | 238 | ||
| 109 | 55 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 101 | ||
| 45% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Shinnik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | SKA Khabarovsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Mordovia Saransk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 38 | 66 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 55 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 59 |
| 3 | Ventspils | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 47 |
| 4 | Valmiera / BSS | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 46 |
| 5 | Spartaks Jurmala | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 49 | 64 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 41 | -15 | 44 |
| 6 | Liepaja | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 20 | -2 | 39 |
| 7 | Jelgava | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 38 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -23 | 31 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 35 | 60 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 32 | -25 | 26 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rotor Volgograd | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 52 |
| 2 | Torpedo Moskva | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 51 |
| 3 | Khimki | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 28 | 50 |
| 4 | Chertanovo | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 48 |
| 5 | Neftekhimik | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 46 |
| 6 | Shinnik | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 40 |
| 7 | Baltika | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 8 | SKA Khabarovsk | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 37 |
| 9 | Tom' Tomsk | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 36 |
| 10 | Chayka | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 36 |
| 11 | Olimpiyets | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 35 |
| 12 | Krasnodar II | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 28 |
| 13 | Armavir | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 27 |
| 14 | Avangard Kursk | 25 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 27 |
| 15 | Luch Vladivostok | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -11 | 26 |
| 16 | Spartak Moskva II | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -6 | 25 |
| 17 | Yenisey | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -16 | 25 |
| 18 | Mordovia Saransk | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -19 | 19 |
| 19 | Tekstilshchik | 25 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 24 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 25 | -27 | 17 |
| 20 | Fakel | 25 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 43 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -30 | 16 |