On 25th September, as part of the "Latvia. Virsliga" tournament, a match between Riga FC and Liepaja will take place. I'm backing the home handicap (-2).
Riga is one of the leading teams in the Virsliga championship in the 2023 season. At present, the team is in first place on the tournament table after 29 matches have been played. They've notched up 22 wins, suffered 2 losses and walked away with 5 draws. The total number of goals scored is 74, with 17 against. The team has gathered 71 points and has put in a good performance, showing a run of victories and draws in the last five matches. In their most recent match, Riga FC shared a scoreless draw against RFSh. They, too, are a strong team and occupy second place in the tournament table. They've played 29 matches, winning 20 and suffering just one defeat. The team has 68 points.
Liepaja played a match against Valmiera on 17th September and lost with a scoreline of 1:4 in favour of Valmiera. In the Virsliga tournament, Liepaja is in 5th place in the current table. The team has played 29 matches, securing 12 victories, suffering 10 defeats, and ending in a draw 7 times. The total balance of goals scored and conceded stands at 44:44. At this point, Liepaja has collected 43 points. The team form in the last 5 matches: 3 wins and 1 draw. Valmiera resides in 4th place in the tournament table. The team has played 28 matches, logging 12 victories and suffering 8 defeats. At this point, Valmiera has totalled 44 points.
Based on the data provided on the head-to-head matches and the teams' current standing in the table, it can be surmised that a crushing victory for Riga is expected in the upcoming match. They have an advantage in terms of the number of wins in head-to-head matches (9 wins versus 4 for Liepaja) and goal difference (26 scored and 8 conceded by Riga) and they are 30 points ahead of their rivals in the table.
# | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | G | PTS | |
1 | Rigas FS | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 68:15 | 56 | |
2 | Riga | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 50:15 | 49 | |
3 | Valmiera | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 46:19 | 43 | |
4 | BFC Daugavpils | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 29:31 | 34 | |
5 | Grobinas/LFS | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -18 | 25:43 | 25 | |
6 | Auda | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 29:24 | 25 | |
7 | Tukums | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -20 | 22:42 | 22 | |
8 | Metta | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -22 | 21:43 | 22 | |
9 | FS Jelgava | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -33 | 14:47 | 16 | |
10 | Liepaja | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -25 | 16:41 | 15 | |
1 | Rigas FS | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41:7 | 28 | |
2 | Riga | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22:3 | 25 | |
3 | Valmiera | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22:8 | 20 | |
4 | BFC Daugavpils | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19:14 | 20 | |
5 | Grobinas/LFS | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 19:24 | 17 | |
6 | Tukums | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12:14 | 14 | |
7 | Auda | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14:12 | 13 | |
8 | Metta | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13:19 | 12 | |
9 | FS Jelgava | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8:16 | 10 | |
10 | Liepaja | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 9:24 | 8 | |
1 | Rigas FS | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27:8 | 28 | |
2 | Valmiera | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24:11 | 26 | |
3 | Riga | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28:12 | 24 | |
4 | BFC Daugavpils | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10:17 | 14 | |
5 | Auda | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 15:12 | 12 | |
6 | Metta | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8:24 | 10 | |
7 | Grobinas/LFS | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6:19 | 8 | |
8 | Tukums | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10:28 | 8 | |
9 | Liepaja | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7:17 | 7 | |
10 | FS Jelgava | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6:31 | 6 |
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