Match Report
6 points and 2 places separated them: Metta / LU 9th with 16, Jelgava 7th with 22. Against a league average of 1.54 goals per team per game, Metta / LU ran at 0.81 scored and 2.04 conceded, Jelgava at 0.7 and 2.37.
Defeat had not touched Jelgava in 11 games. Metta / LU had banked 5 of the last 15 points on offer; Jelgava, 13.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Metta / LU 1, draws 1, Jelgava 2, at 2.25 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 25% of the wins in this fixture. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 75% of the meetings.
Daugavas Stadiona, Riga in Riga staged the fixture, a ground that holds 1,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.