Our prediction for this World Cup 2026 match:
Albania
Match Time & Date:
9 September 2025
19:45
Prediction: 2-0
Latvia
After surviving Gibraltar (1-0) in a friendly, Albania will look to return to winning ways in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers when they face Latvia at Air Albania Stadium. Sylvinho’s men have a chance to overtake Serbia in second place in the standings and they are expected to go all guns blazing at the Latvians on Tuesday evening. As always, a man to keep an eye on in the home team will be new Burnley striker Armando Broja.
The former Soviet republic, on the other hand, suffered a 1-0 loss to Serbia in their last group game. With Latvia struggling on the travels, we predict that Albania are going to pick up all three points from the match. There are no fresh injury worries in the visiting team ahead of the trip to Tirana. Interestingly, each of the last five clashes between Albania and Latvia in all competitions has finished without a winner.
Highlighted Team (Albania):
The Albanian national football team has represented the country on international stage since 1946, and it is interesting to note that Albania was one of the founding members of UEFA back in 1954. The Eagles have enjoyed very little success in the 20th century, but they managed to show some improvement at the turn of the century and eventually secured their first ever appearance at a major tournament.
Albania qualified for the Euro 2016 finals as they came second in their qualifying group behind Portugal, taking 14 points from 8 matches, with Italian coach Gianni De Biasi at the helm. The Eagles have never qualified for the World Cup finals in 11 attempts, winning mere 14 of 94 World Cup qualifiers.
Former Lazio defender Lorik Cana has worn the captain’s armband over the last few years and he is Albania’s most capped player, while former Chievo forward Erjon Bogdani still holds the record for most goals for the national team, with 18 strikes in 74 appearances.
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