Rigas and Liepaja drew 0:0 in the Virsliga's regular season round 29 on Sunday. The match finished goalless at the home ground, leaving both sides with a single point each from an afternoon that offered little relief to either side.
The first yellow card came early, eight minutes in, when V. Isajevs received the booking. Liepaya's A. Ogunniyi was cautioned at half-time's edge, 56 minutes on, and the game grew tighter after that. Talisca picked up a yellow at 68 minutes, followed almost immediately by a substitution for A. Balde.
There were three pairs of changes in the final quarter. Crysthyan came on at 64 minutes, then two more substitutions arrived together at 78 minutes — A. Haidara and A. Korobenko. A third wave followed at 83 minutes with M. Saidy and L. Odisharia, and E. Rodolphe was booked in stoppage time, 90 plus three.
Rigas dominated possession, holding 48 per cent compared to Liepaya's 52, but the numbers tell a different story about who pressed forward. They registered 111 attacks against 71, created two big chances while their opponents managed none, and fired 16 shots — five on target — though accuracy sat at just 22 per cent. Liepaya made 21 tackles to Rigas's nine, suggesting a different approach.
By then the result had settled. Rigas remain top of the table with 69 points from 27 games, their record reading 22 wins, three draws and two defeats. Liepaya sit fourth with 40 points after 28 fixtures, and this point keeps them a distance away from the leaders without closing any ground.
