Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Riga (2nd, 65 pts) held a 25-point advantage over Liepāja (4th, 40 pts). Per game in the league, Liepāja were scoring 1.39 and conceding 1.46, Riga 3 and 1, against a competition average of 1.5 goals per team per game.
Riga were unbeaten in 7, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
GioScore's database holds 16 meetings between the two: 2 for Liepāja, 13 for Riga and 1 drawn, at 2.88 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 63% of the meetings won by the home side.
With 24 matches recorded and 1.1 yellow cards per game, K. Ratnieks was the man in the middle. The match was played at Stadions Daugava (capacity 5,083). On the scoreboard, Liepāja led 2-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 3-2.
Goal scorers
Liepāja: Ede Oloko (4'), Ede Oloko (27'), Abiodun Ogunniyi (58') · Riga: Mohamed Badamosi (17'), Abdulrahman Taiwo (90')
Key stats
Possession: Liepāja 43% · Riga 57% · Total shots: 9-18 · On target: 3-7 · Corners: 2-9