Match Report
The table gap was wide: 35 points between Rīgas FS (1st, 90 pts) and Valmiera (4th, 55 pts). Against a league average of 1.54 goals per team per game, Valmiera ran at 2.08 scored and 1.08 conceded, Rīgas FS at 2.86 and 0.69.
Across 13 recorded meetings, Valmiera have 5 wins to Rīgas FS's 5, with 3 draws, at 3.15 goals per meeting. Only 23% of these meetings ended in a home win.
J. Daliņa stadions in Valmierā staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,000. The referee was A. Golubevs, with 44 matches in our database and 1.7 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Rīgas FS led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.