2024-04-19 09:30:42
Tukumnieki won 2:1 (0:0).
At the beginning of the second half, the home team took the lead after less than 11 minutes of play, when Kenroy Campbell finished off the counterattack with an accurate shot after a long pass.
In the 70th minute of the game, Žodī Stefensons doubled the advantage of Tukumi, who after playing a standard situation, sent the ball into the “Riga” goal from close range.
In the 84th minute, after Brian Peña’s pass in the penalty area, Eduards Daškėvičs recovered one goal with an oblique shot in the lower right corner of the goal – 1:2.
Žodī Stefenson had two great goal-scoring moments at the end of the game, in the first one “Riga” goalkeeper Nilas Tomas Puriņas did not allow the ball to cross the goal line, and in the second Stefenson hit the left goal post.
Already during compensation, Lucas Moreira hit the left corner of the goal from a good position in the penalty area.
Last season, “Riga” won convincing victories in all four head-to-head matches.
In the tournament table, “Riga” has 15 points in seven matches, RFS has won 13 points in six matches, while “Tukums 2000” has 11 points in six matches, “Valmiera” has ten points, “Metta” has seven points, at “Liepāja” got six points, “Auda” and “Grobiņas SC”/LFS got five points, while “Jelgava” got two points.
On Wednesday, “Auda” will meet with “Daugavpils”, and RFS – with “Metta”, and on Thursday, “Grobinas SC”/LFS will host “Liepāja” and “Jelgava” – “Valmieru”.
The Premier League championship with the participation of ten teams takes place in four rounds, with each team playing 36 games. 180 games are expected to be played until November 9.
Last season, RFS became the champion for the second time, which ensured victory only in the last round, winning over “Metta” team with 1:0.
2024-04-19 09:30:42