RFS vs Jelgava predictions and betting tips on July 4, 2023
Yasmine Green
Dailysports's expert
Translated by the editors
On July 4, Skonto stadions (Riga) will host the match of the 21st round of the Optibet Virsliga of Latvia, in which RFS will compete with Jelgava. The battle will start at 16:30 CET.
RFS
The club has a not entirely unique, but rather interesting, albeit short (it was founded in 2011) history. Even taking into account the name, it is clear that the project was launched as a team of the capital football academy. And the collapse of the local historical giant, Skonto, opened the way to the elite league in 2016. There it turned out to add in the game all the time, right up to winning the championship title in the last but one season. The higher mentioned result was followed by a rollback to the 3rd place in the previous draw, but then, obviously, a lot of strength was spent on the European tournaments. There, the Latvian team made its debut at the group stage, however, of the Conference League. And it even achieved the draws in the battles against Fiorentina and Istanbul. Nowadays, the team is focused on the struggle for leadership with a neighbour, Riga FC. The rivals previously played with each other, which resulted in a 2-2 draw, maintaining the status quo.
Jelgava
The team was actually created anew in place of its predecessor, which took the Latvian Cup four times and was a silver medallist in 2016. Moreover, it demonstrated a relatively good performance, as for the Baltic countries, at the European arena. Then it was not possible to pass the licensing and the glorious club was disbanded, by the way, it was quickly “reassembled”, fortunately, not “from scratch”, in 2021. The new project (with the prefix “FS”, which is an obvious formality) was able to win in the previous 1. Liga tournament. Speaking about the higher level, it is more difficult for a beginner and, as a result, it is fighting for survival. It goes without saying that half-dead Super Nova will leave the division. The 9th place promises a play-off for survival and Jelgava, which is characterized by modest statistics, is one of several “applicants”. For instance, the team was not able to beat the direct competitor – it limited itself by a 1-1 draw in the battle against Daugavpils.
The statistics of head-to-head matches
Formally, one can discard the statistics of previous years. In this case, RFS got 2 out of 2 wins – a 2-0 score at the away arena in April and a 4-0 success on the native field in May.
Predictions
Bookmakers argue about only one thing: how confident will the favourite win? Taking into account the fact that RFS plays at the home arena, we bet on its victory with “a -2 goal handicap” (odd: 1.7).
