Comments and predictions for Latvia vs North Macedonia: Home team loses face
The match between Latvia vs North Macedonia in the Nations League takes place at 22:00 on October 10. Nghe An Newspaper compiles statistics, analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score of this match.
Latest Latvia vs North Macedonia team information
Latvia coach Paolo Nicolato is likely to stick with the same line-up that helped his side to a 1-0 win over the Faroe Islands last month. If the line-up remains the same, Latvia will start with a back three of Raivis Jurkovskis, Daniels Balodis and Kristers Tobers. Janis Ikaunieks is expected to feature up front, confident after scoring three goals in his last two games for RFS, including one in the 2-2 draw with Galatasaray in the Europa League.
For North Macedonia, Zajkov will miss the game due to a one-match suspension after being sent off in the first half of the win over Armenia. Coach Milevski can choose a back three of Visar Musliu, Nikola Serafimov and Jovan Manev instead. Bardhi is expected to be the visitors' main scoring threat, having scored in both of their opening Nations League games against the Faroe Islands and Armenia.
Latest expected lineup Latvia vs North Macedonia
Latvia:
Matrevics; Jurkovskis, Balodis, Tobers; Savalnieks, Zelenkovs, Saveljevs, Ciganiks, Varslavans; Gutkovskis, Ikaunieks
North Macedonia:
Dimitrievsky; Musliu, Serafimov, Manev; Dimoski, Babunski, Alimi; Churlinov, Bardhi, Elmas; Miovski
Latest Latvia vs North Macedonia football prediction
Latvia are playing League C for the first time after being promoted from League D in the 2022-23 UEFA Nations League. They have a record of 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from 6 games, topping the group on a superior head-to-head goal difference over Moldova. Latvia made an inconsistent start to League C, losing 4-1 away to Armenia before narrowly winning against the Faroe Islands. Renars Varslavans' 64th-minute goal brought them level on points with Armenia in second place.
The team have won three of their last four home games in the Nations League and will be keen to get their first win against North Macedonia. Meanwhile, North Macedonia are hoping to gain promotion in the current Nations League season after an underwhelming campaign in 2022-23. Blagoja Milevski’s side have recorded two wins, one draw and three defeats, finishing third, nine points behind leaders Georgia.
North Macedonia will be pleased with their start, despite only drawing 1-1 in their opening game against the Faroe Islands. After picking up just one point away from home, they put in an impressive performance to beat Armenia 2-0 despite being down to 10 men. Gjoko Zajkov was sent off in first-half stoppage time, but Enis Bardhi and Bojan Miovski scored to give the hosts the win. With the result, North Macedonia are on course to make it two wins in a row in a Nations League campaign for the first time since beating Liechtenstein and Gibraltar in November 2018.
Latvia vs North Macedonia score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Latvia vs North Macedoniaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Latvia 0-2 North Macedonia
- WhoScore:Latvia 0-1 North Macedonia
- Our newspaper predicts:Latvia 0-2 North Macedonia
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