Liepāja will try to break out of the bottom of the Optibet Premier League tournament table

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Today, one 16th round game will take place in the Optibet Latvian Football Super League, in which Jūrmala’s “Spartaks” will host “Liepāja” at home, rising to the third place in the tournament table.

The duel of both teams in Jurmala city stadium “Sloka” will start at 5 pm, and it will be broadcast live by the channel “Sportacentrs.com TV”.

In the last match, Spartaks played Tukums 2000 ″ / TSS with the guests 2: 0, but before that he won two draws in four difficult games in a row, losing twice.

First the leader lost to the leader ‘Riga’ with 2: 4, then at home with RFS and the guests with “Ventspils” reached a 1: 1 draw, but in the penultimate round in the fight for the third place in the tournament table with 2: 3 lost to “Valmiera” .

Meanwhile, “Liepāja” after three losses against “Metta”, “Riga” and RFS in the last two matches played 1: 1 on their field with “Ventspils” and away – with “Valmiera”.

While Nemanja Belkovičs, the main goal scorer of the home team, has been a little quieter recently and with the nine goals scored he shares the second place in the list of the most productive players with Namdi Ofora from RFS, Richard Fraidejs from Liepaja with six “goals” takes the seventh place.

The mutual game of the first round did not take place due to quarantine in the ranks of Jūrmala team, moving the game to September 16, which gives both teams the opportunity to get three more points compared to other competitors.

Last season, Spartak won three games (1: 0, 1: 0, 4: 2) and a draw (2: 2).

In the first match of the round on Friday, RFS won “Metta” 5: 1 (1: 0) in their field.

In this round, on Sunday, the leader “Riga” will compete at home with the Tukums 2000 ″ / TSS team on the opposite pole of the tournament table, “Ventspils” will welcome guests from the “Daugavpils” club, and “Valmiera” will duel with “Jelgava” in front of its fans.

RFS has emerged as a leader in the Premier League, having 40 points in 16 battles. The second with 39 points in 14 matches is “Riga”, but the third place with 25 points is taken by “Valmiera”. Jūrmala “Spartak” has 22 points in 14 fights, “Ventspils” has scored 20 points in 15 dues, but “Daugavpils” and “Metta” team have 15 points in 15 matches, respectively. “Jelgava” has 14 points in 15 fights, “Liepāja” has 13 points in 14 games, but “Tukums 2000” / TSS has scored four points in 15 duels.

This season, ten teams will start in the Super League, which is one more than last year and two more than yesterday. Also, this season in the Super League, the legionnaire limit has been raised to eight players. This means that there must be at least three players prepared for the association on the court at the same time. Last year, the limit was five foreign players.

As in many other countries, the number of permitted substitutions has been increased from three to five after the coronavirus break in the regulations of the Premier League championship in the 2020 season.

Due to the three-month forced break, three will be played instead of the four planned laps this season.

Last year, “Riga” was crowned Latvian champion, but RFS won its first trophy in the history of the club, which won the national cup.

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