Match Report
The table gap was wide: 45 points between Rīgas FS (3rd, 76 pts) and Spartaks Jūrmala (8th, 31 pts). Recent form flatters Spartaks Jūrmala's table spot — 1st league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 8th. Per game in the league, Rīgas FS were scoring 2.31 and conceding 0.89, Spartaks Jūrmala 1.03 and 2.08, against a competition average of 1.49 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Spartaks Jūrmala.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Rīgas FS 2, draws 0, Spartaks Jūrmala 2, at 2.25 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 0% of the wins in this fixture. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 25% of meetings.
Rīgas 49. vidusskolas sporta komplekss in Riga staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,500. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Rīgas FS led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-0.