Riga FCL31 Aug · Away FK Liepaja · 2:3W3 Sep · Away Rīgas FS · 3:2D7 Sep · Home BFC Daugavpils · 1:1D11 Sep · Home Auda · 2:2W15 Sep · Away Super Nova · 1:0W19 Sep · Away FS Jelgava · 1:0
2:2
Finished
Kick-off was
BST
AudaD29 Aug · Home Super Nova · 1:1D2 Sep · Away BFC Daugavpils · 2:2W6 Sep · Home Grobiņa · 1:0D11 Sep · Away Riga FC · 2:2W16 Sep · Home Ogre United · 1:0D20 Sep · Home Rīgas FS · 1:1
In the Virsliga game on 11 September 2026, Riga FC beat Auda 2:2. Match numbers: shots on target 4:3, fouls 17:14.
Match report
Riga and Auda shared the spoils in a Virsliga encounter that finished 2:2 on Thursday evening. The result keeps the hosts in second place while Auda remain third in the standings. It was a match where neither side could find a clear advantage for long stretches of the game.
S. Oulad M'Hand opened the scoring for Riga in the thirty-eighth minute, and by then the hosts looked comfortable with their fifty-five percent possession. Caio Ferreira doubled their lead just after the hour mark, and things seemed to be going Riga's way. Auda had created nothing in terms of big chances despite their more aggressive approach.
And here's the thing about late football — momentum shifts faster than anyone expects. A. Appiah pulled one back in the seventy-sixth minute, and then completed his double three minutes into stoppage time. To be fair, Auda had been the more active side throughout with one hundred and one attacks against Riga's seventy-two.
The statistics told a curious story. Riga took four shots on target with forty per cent accuracy, while Auda managed three attempts at twenty-five per cent. The visitors created no big chances all evening, yet found two goals when it mattered. Riga's goalkeeper made only one save, which speaks to how few clear opportunities either side produced.
Auda's defensive work was notably more thorough, with twenty-seven successful tackles against Riga's nineteen. They won twenty-five aerial duels to Riga's twenty-two, and their twenty successful dribbles showed more intent in the final third. Yet the numbers don't capture how Riga controlled the tempo for long periods.
The draw means Riga stay two points clear of Auda in the table, though the gap feels tighter after a result like this. Both sides had their moments, but neither could hold the tie in their own hands when it counted. The Virsliga title race continues to tighten as the season approaches its end.
HT⚽38' S. Oulad M'Hand — Goal⇄42' Paulo Eduardo — Substitution🟨51' Y. Traore — Yellow card⇄54' W. Fofana — Substitution⇄54' J. Gerold — Substitution🟨56' R. Kragliks — Yellow card⇄64' M. Diop — Substitution⇄64' Iago Siqueira — Substitution⚽66' Caio Ferreira — Goal⇄71' B. Diedhiou — Substitution⇄71' M. Fofana — Substitution⚽76' A. Appiah — Goal🟨80' A. Salazar — Yellow card⇄81' M. Badamosi — Substitution⇄81' O. Rubenis — Substitution⇄81' A. Salazar — Substitution⚽90+3' A. Appiah — Goal
D29 Aug · Home Super Nova · 1:1D2 Sep · Away BFC Daugavpils · 2:2W6 Sep · Home Grobiņa · 1:0D11 Sep · Away Riga FC · 2:2W16 Sep · Home Ogre United · 1:0D20 Sep · Home Rīgas FS · 1:1
