The home team took the lead after 12 minutes when Joseph Oloko Ede scored, but Markus Kruglaz equalized in first-half stoppage time.
In the second half, a little more than 20 minutes before the end of regular time, the lead for “Jelgava” was restored by Ede, the author of the first goal, who beat the visiting goalkeeper from the opponent’s penalty area after a pass from Ralf Shityakov.
At the end of regular time, Grobiņa’s team managed to equalize the score again, but after the intervention of the VAR, the goals scored were not counted.
On Friday, the ninth round started with a duel in which “Auda” defeated the “Metta” team 3:1. On Saturday, in the Riga derby, RFS beat “Riga” as a guest with 2:1, and “Valmiera” got the upper hand over “Tukums 2000″https://www.diena.lv/”Telms” with the same result on the road, and “Daugavpils” on Sunday and “Liepājas” ended the match without scoring a goal.
RFS takes first place with 22 points in nine games, followed by “Riga” with 18 points. “Valmiera” is next with 16 points, followed by “Daugavpils” with 15 points and “Auda” with 14 points, while “Tukums 2000″ got 13 pointshttps://www.diena.lv/”Telms”. “Grobiņa”/LFS and “Jelgava” occupy the seventh and eighth place with eight points, while “Metta” and “Liepāja” scored seven points.
The Premier League championship with the participation of ten teams takes place in four rounds, with each team playing 36 games. 180 games are expected to be played until November 9.
Last season, RFS became the champion for the second time, which ensured victory only in the last round, winning over “Metta” team with 1:0.
