Latvia round-up: Ventspils keep up the pace
Wednesday, May 1, 2002
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FK Ventspils maintained their 100 per cent record with a 2-0 win over bottom-placed FK LU/Daugava.
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FK Ventspils maintained their 100 per cent record tonight with a 2-0 win over bottom-placed FK LU/Daugava.
Three points clear
Second-half goals from Yevgeny Landirev and Anatoly Lukyanchikov ensured that Ventspils stay top by three points from the champions FC Skonto.
Comfortable win
Skonto themselves had a comfortable 3-1 win against FK Auda Riga thanks to goals from Maris Verpakovskyi, a Mikhail Zemlinskis penalty and Mikhail Mikholap.
Dinaburg third
FC Dinaburg stay level on points with Skonto, but only in third place due to an inferior goal difference, after hammering FK Riga 5-0. In the day's other game FBK Valmiera were held to a 2-2 draw by FHK Liepajas Metalurgs.