2018 Latvian Higher League
The 2018 Latvian Higher League was the 27th season of top-tier football in Latvia. Spartaks Jūrmala were the defending champions, having won their second title in the previous season.
Teams
At the end of the 2017 season, Babīte were excluded from the league due to match-fixing. This resulted in METTA/LU ending up as the bottom-placed team. They were sent to the relegation playoffs against FK Progress/AFA Olaine. METTA/LU won, keeping them in the Latvian Higher League.Babīte were replaced by the champions of the 2017 Latvian First League, Valmieras FK.
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Valmieras | Valmiera | J. Daliņa stadions | 2,000 |
| Jelgava | Jelgava | Olympic Sports Center of Zemgale | 1,560 |
| Liepāja | Liepāja | Daugava Stadium | 5,008 |
| Metta/LU | Riga | Hanzas vidusskolas laukums | 2,000 |
| RFS | Riga | Stadions Arkādija | 1,000 |
| Riga | Riga | Skonto Stadium | 8,207 |
| Spartaks Jūrmala | Jūrmala | Slokas Stadium | 2,800 |
| Ventspils | Ventspils | Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions | 3,044 |
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League table
Results
Each team played the other seven teams home-and-away twice, for a total of 28 games each.Relegation play-offs
The seventh-placed team from the 2018 Higher League faced the runners-up of the 2018 Latvian First League in a two-legged play-off. The winner, METTA/LU, earned the right to participate in the 2019 Higher League.Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 |  Darko Lemajić | Riga | 15 |
| 2 |  Maksym Marusych | RFS | 14 |
| 3 |  Aleksejs Višņakovs | Spartaks Jūrmala | 13 |
| 3 |  Adeleke Akinyemi | Ventspils | 13 |
| 3 | Tosin Aiyegun | Ventspils | 13 |
| 4 | Ģirts Karlsons | Liepāja | 10 |
| 5 | Jānis Ikaunieks | Liepāja | 9 |
| 6 | Roberts Uldriķis | RFS | 7 |
| 6 |  Tamirlan Dzhamalutdinov | METTA/LU | 7 |