| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skonto | 15 | D2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5/15 | 8-12 |
| Venta | 3 | L3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0/9 | 0-5 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skonto | 2 | 28 | 58 | 34 | WWDDW | 1 | +1 |
| Venta | 8 | 28 | 9 | -61 | LLLLL | 8 | 0 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2005-09-16
Venta, 8th on 9 points, faced a 49-point deficit to Skonto (2nd, 58). Per game in the league, Skonto were scoring 2.11 and conceding 0.89, Venta 0.64 and 2.82, against a competition average of 1.55 goals per team per game.
Venta had been beaten in three straight games.
Stadions Skonto in Riga staged the fixture, a ground that holds 1,000.
