Latvia round-up: Leaders roll on

Seven up for Ventspils 
Ventspils came from behind to claim a 2-1 victory at FC Dinaburg - their seventh of the campaign. Pavels Kolcovs gave the hosts a surprise lead on 55 minutes, but Bulgarian defender Gospodin Gospodinov restored parity ten minutes later. Vits Rimkus's late clincher then secured the points and avenged his team's defeat by Dinaburg on the last day of last season which handed the title to Skonto.

Skonto sail by 
The champions eased past Liepajas 3-0 in Riga. A goal on the stroke of half-time by Latvian international Maris Verpakovskis sent them on their way before Mihails Miholaps and Levan Korgalidze completed the rout.

Riga rock bottom 
Elsewhere, FK Valmieria thrashed FK Riga 4-1 with goals from Ronald Kragliks, Dzintars Savalnieks, Janis Zujevs and Gatis Erglis. Vitalijs Parmalis grabbed a consolation for the visitors.

PFK defeated 
Like Riga, PFK/Daugava were left stuck on three points at the bottom of the first division after they lost 3-0 at FC Auda, the team directly above them. Pavels Korcagins scored twice with Aleksejs Visnjakovs getting the other.