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As Game weeks 6 and 7 across the Baltics were scheduled in such a way that there was almost no break in between matches in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, we calculated them under a single rankings update for the benefit of clarity.

Between the Tallinn derby (where Levadia lost points for the first time this season!) and the Kaunas regional derby during GW7 and the small Riga derby during GW6, much has happened in A Lyga, Premium liiga and Virslīga. Perhaps the most notable clubs during this period were the ones from Lithuania, especially Riteriai and Šiauliai, who clashed between themselves in GW7 to a 2-2 draw with Riteriai staging another heroic comeback to snatch a draw out of the jaws of defeat. A week before, Riteriai demonstrated a convincing win over Banga and Šiauliai defeated the reigning Champions Žalgiris 2-0, for whom this was the first loss of the season.

On the back of these results, Riteriai have shot up the Power Rankings all the way up to 24th, displacing Estonian Pärnu Vaprus, who are now just behind. As Riteriai started the season ranked 29th, this is quite an improvement! Indeed, despite all the off-the-pitch troubles and controversy surrounding the club, ‘The Knights’ have been playing great football under their new coach Nicolas Vitorović.

Šiauliai, having dipped to 22nd around the international break, are also showing teeth and have climbed up to 18th, just ahead of Džiugas and behind free-falling Grobiņa, who dropped another place.

At the top of the rankings, the Top 6 remains unaltered, but there has been much movement just below. Liepāja lost 2 places, dropping down to 9th, getting replaced by Auda and Kauno Žalgiris. Auda are now only 8 coefficient points behind Paide, and we can expect the Latvian club to overtake already during GW8, as Paide have to face awakening Flora while Auda are up against struggling Tukums.

Elsewhere, Super Nova and Nõmme Kalju are now equally matched, both with 597 coefficient points to their name, as are Dainava Alytus and Tallinna Kalev, both with 514. Harju and Kuressaare are still at the bottom of the rankings with only 1 coefficient points between them.

Rank Club Power rating
- 1 FC RFS 1205
- 2 Riga FC 1123
- 3 FK Žalgiris 1001
- 4 FC Flora 986
- 5 FCI Levadia 833
- 6 FK Auda 806
7 Kauno Žalgiris 795
8 Paide 787
9 FK Panevėžys 771
10 FK Liepāja 770
- 11 FK Sūduva 754
- 12 Hegelmann FC 703
- 13 BFC Daugavpils 696
14 Nõmme Kalju 658
15 FK Metta 635
- 16 FK Tukums 2000 629
- 17 Narva Trans 625
- 18 FA Šiauliai 624
19 FK Grobiņa 623
20 SK Super Nova 610
21 FS Jelgava 610
22 FC Džiugas Telšiai 602
23 FK Banga Gargždai 601
- 24 FK Riteriai 521
25 Pärnu Vaprus 515
26 FC Kuressaare 507
27 Tallinna Kalev 506
28 Tammeka Tartu 505
29 Harju JK 494
30 DFK Dainava Alytus 484