Latvian side Riga are enjoying a good run ahead of their home clash with Hibernians in the Europa Conference League third qualifying round. They go into this game on four straight wins and a five-match unbeaten run. In their last three matches, they haven’t conceded a goal and have a god scoring run, of six straight matches. At home, they are unbeaten in eight straight matches, with seven wins therein and they have scored two or more goals in five of them. Riga have three clean sheets in their last five home matches.
Hibernians have two straight wins going to this game but haven’t really been convincing in defence. They have no clean sheet in their last four matches and have conceded a total of eight goals in those four games. Each of their last three matches has produced over 2.5 goals and Hibernians will be proud of their scoring run in the last two games, having netted seven goals. They got to this stage after home and away wins over San Marino side, Folgore and while they look to replicate that, they have a run of four losses in their last six away matches.
Hibernians have the inferior run going to this game and their away performances don’t give much hope for them heading into this clash. On the flipside, Riga are really on some fine run and they are much better defensively and also when playing at home. Go for a Riga win.