In the TonyBet Virslīga Matchday 8, Riga FC took 70 minutes to score their first goal against FK Grobiņa in their opening match of the season at Skonto Stadium, ultimately winning 3-0.
The match, played in sunny Rīga, marked the first game of the season on natural grass at Riga FC’s home stadium, Skonto, where they faced a struggling FK Grobiņa side.
With over 1,000 spectators in attendance, Riga finally broke through FK Grobiņa’s defense in the 71st minute. Maksims Toņiševs delivered a cross, which Reginaldo Ramires headed into the goal, opening the score at 1-0.
In additional time, Riga added two more goals, both resulting from plays initiated from the flanks. First, El Bachir Ngom joined the attack and set up Abdulrahman Taiwo, who doubled the lead with his first goal of the season. Then, Eduards Dašķevičs scored his second goal of the season.
After this match, Riga FC has accumulated 15 points from eight games (4 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss), while FK Grobiņa is at the bottom of the league table with just 5 points.
Next week, Riga FC will host the first big Rīga derby of the league against FC RFS at Skonto Stadium, while FK Grobiņa will play an away game against FK Auda on Thursday.
Riga FC vs FK Grobiņa – 3:0 (0:0)
Goals: Ramires 71′, Taiwo 90+5′, Dašķevičs 90+7′
Yellow Card: Ngom 30′ | Bekili 38′, Kalmarzy 40′
RIG: Zviedris – Toņiševs (Musah 90+2′), Černomordijs, Ngom, Erquiaga (Jurkovskis 46′) – Ankrah – Mankenda (Diop 63′), Galo, Pena (Dašķevičs 46′) – Ramires, Contreras (Taiwo 63′)
GRO: Pinčuks – Raščevskis (Rupeiks 65′), Družiņins, Kouao, Džeriņš (Leitāns 79′), Bekili (Krautmanis 77′) – Fjodorovs, Gaučis (Steinfelder 79′), Knapšis – Dobrecovs, Kalmarzy
| # | Club | GP | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| 1 | FC RFS | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 28 |
| 2 | Riga FC | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 24 |
| 3 | FK Auda | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | BFC Daugavpils | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 17 |
| 5 | FS Jelgava | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | FK Liepāja | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 | FK Metta | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -11 | 11 |
| 8 | SK Super Nova | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 9 | FK Grobiņa | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -14 | 8 |
| 10 | FK Tukums 2000 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 7 |