Liepāja vs RFS prediction 01.07.2024
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- Competition: Virsliga
- Date: Monday, 1st July, 2024
- Kickoff: 17:00 UTC +1 / 18:00 CEST
- Venue: Daugavas stadions (Liepāja)
Since their creation in 2014, Liepaja has consistently been in the upper half of the league table, even winning a title in 2015. However, this season has been disastrous and is almost certainly shaping up to be their worst ever. Currently, they are in 9th place (which leads to a relegation playout) with 15 points, just two points away from direct relegation and four points away from the safe zone. After losing their last match 5-1 to a direct contender for 8th place, Metta, Liepaja will now face the best team in the league, which could easily see them slip to the bottom of the table.
RFS were founded in 2016 but quickly became one of the two best teams in Latvia, along with Riga FC. In the last season, they managed to win the title, the second one in the last three seasons. This year looks like another two-team race for the title with them and Riga FC, and right now, after 20 rounds, RFS have a five-point advantage over their main rival. Even though Riga FC is pretty close, five points in the Virsliga is a massive advantage compared to some other more competitive leagues.
Liepaja vs RFS pick: RFS to win and cover the -1.5 AH spread
Liepaja lost back-to-back games against Metta and Tukums 2000 while allowing seven goals in total. If we look further back, we can see they were without a win in the last four matches, and they mostly faced poor teams. So, we cannot expect much against RFS.
RFS have been excellent this season with 16 wins in 20 rounds and incredible 58 scored goals - 2.9 per game. Also, as the season progresses, they only look better, winning eight of the last nine games, only failing to win against Riga FC (2:2). Additionally, they covered the -1.5 AH spread on six of those eight wins.
These teams met just a month and a half ago, with RFS winning 4:1 while totally dominating the match. Liepaja had only 33% ball possession and three goal attempts compared to RFS's 16. Moreover, RFS won five of the last six games while covering the -1.5 AH spread in all of those five wins.
Considering all the above, anything but a big win for RFS should be a massive surprise.
Liepāja vs RFS Head to Head (H2H) stats
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RFS
4 : 1
Liepāja
Virsliga
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Liepāja
0 : 3
RFS
Virsliga
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RFS
3 : 1
Liepāja
Virsliga
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Liepāja
1 : 1
RFS
Virsliga
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Liepāja
0 : 3
RFS
Virsliga
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RFS
2 : 0
Liepāja
Virsliga
Liepāja team news
In the previous game against Metta, full-back Pape Fall suffered an injury and had to leave the field after only 30 minutes. He will most likely miss the upcoming game as well.
Liepaja were active at the start of the transfer window, adding few players: Baidoo Arcadio, Purtic Stefan, Kpatadze Lazare and Karasauskas Arturs.
Last matches of Liepāja
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Liepāja
1 : 5
Metta / LU
Virsliga
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Tukums
2 : 1
Liepāja
Virsliga
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Liepāja
1 : 1
FC Daugavpils
Virsliga
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FS Jelgava
1 : 1
Liepāja
Virsliga
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Liepāja
3 : 0
Grobiņa
Virsliga
Liepāja lineup
Goalkeeper
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1
Lazare Kupatadze
Defenders
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14
Eduards Tidenbergs
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28
Alans Kangars
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3
Normunds Uldrikis
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24
Arcadio Baidoo
Midfielders
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27
Cheikh Diouf
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22
Stefan Purtic
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21
Janis Grinbergs
Forwards
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11
Mouhamadou Diaw
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10
Dodo
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25
Arturs Karasauskas
RFS team news
Unlike Liepaja, RFS weren't active at the start of the transfer window, as they only had one departure and no arrivals for now. The only player who left the teams is Pedro Arthur, who wasn't an important part of the team anyway.
RFS's total market value is around nine million euros, compared to Liepaja's 3.4 million euros.
Last matches of RFS
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RFS
4 : 1
Valmiera
Virsliga
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Auda
1 : 3
RFS
Virsliga
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RFS
2 : 2
Riga FC
Virsliga
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RFS
5 : 0
Grobiņa
Virsliga
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Metta / LU
0 : 6
RFS
Virsliga
RFS lineup
Goalkeeper
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1
Pavels Steinbors
Defenders
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11
Roberts Savalnieks
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23
Herdi Prenga
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43
Ziga Lipuscek
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25
Petr Mares
Midfielders
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7
Ismael Diomande
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30
Harona Njie
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26
Stefan Panic
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10
Emerson Deocleciano
Forwards
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9
Janis Ikaunieks
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22
Darko Lemajic
4 Reasons why RFS should win and cover the -1.5 AH spread
- Liepaja lost back-to-back games while allowing seven goals
- RFS won eight of the last nine matches
- RFS covered the -1.5 AH spread in six of the previous eight wins
- RFS won the last three h2h games while covering the -1.5 AH spread every time
Main prediction Liepāja - RFS
AH2 (-1.5)
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