Our prediction for this Nations League match:
Latvia will try to recover from a 1-0 loss to North Macedonia when they face Armenia in their last group game. The Latvians are eyeing their second win of the process, but they will have a big fish to fry in Sunday’s encounter. Even though there are no fresh injury worries in the home team, all Kristers Tobers, Deniss Melniks, and Renars Varslavans are pushing for recalls to the starting XI.
The Armenians, on the other hand, failed to turn their dominance into goals in a 1-0 loss to Faroe Islands, but their performance was anything but poor. As Armenia are eager to climb to second place in the standings, we are tempted to place our bets on Lucas Zelarayan and Co. When the two teams met in Yerevan earlier in the process Armenia outplayed Latvia 4-1 and we predict that history is going to repeat itself.
Highlighted Team (Latvia):
Latvia is yet another former Soviet republic. The Latvian footballers played for the Soviet Union national team until 1992 and they have been playing for Latvia ever since. The Sarkanbaltsarkanie (Red-white-red) did remarkably well to qualify for the Euro 2004 finals, but they failed to impress at the showpiece tournament in Portugal.
Latvia kicked off their Euro 2004 campaign with a 2-1 loss to Czech Republic and they managed to hold Germany to a goalless draw in their second group game. The former Soviet republic suffered a 3-0 loss to Netherlands in their last game in Group D and, as a result, they did not make it to the knockout stages of the European Championship finals.
Latvia suffered their biggest defeat on May 29, 1927 when they were beaten by Sweden 12-0 in Stockholm. Speaking of their biggest victory, the Latvians outclassed Lithuania 5-0 on two occasions. The Latvian national football team play their home games at Skonto stadium in Riga and the capacity of the venues is 9.500.