Comments and predictions for Serbia vs Latvia: Defeat the away team
The match between Serbia vs Latvia in the World Cup qualifiers takes place at 0:00 on November 17. Nghe An Newspaper, Radio and Television analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Serbia vs Latvia team information
Paunovic's plans for the England game were disrupted just before half-time, when midfielder Ivan Ilic had to leave the field after just 39 minutes with a serious knee injury.
The Torino man is certain to be rested, and Paunovic is likely to field Lazar Samardzic in his place, having used the more defensive-minded Aleksandar Stankovic in London.
The rest of the Serbia squad remains stable. With Mitrovic still out, Paunovic is expected to continue to start Vlahovic instead of Luka Jovic – who has been a disappointment at Real Madrid.
As for Latvia, they face two suspensions in defence: Andrejs Ciganiks and captain Antonijs Cernomordijs are both banned for yellow card accumulation.
Ciganiks' suspension could see a recall for Maksims Tonisevs – who scored an own goal in the 5-0 defeat to England last month – while Vitalijs Jagodinskis, who is playing in Cambodia, is likely to replace Cernomordijs.
Latest expected lineup Serbia vs Latvia
Serbia:
Rajkovic; Mimovic, Milenkovic, Pavlovic, Terzic; Gudelj, Lukic; Zivkovic, Samardzic, Kostic; Vlahovic
Latvia:
Zviedris; Savalnieks, Balodis, Jagodinskis, Jurkovskis, Tonisevs; Ikaunieks, Zelenkovs, Vapne, Daskevics; Gutkovskis
Latest football commentary on Serbia vs Latvia
Having to contend with the absence of their all-time leading scorer Aleksandar Mitrovic through injury, a new-look Serbia – under first-time manager Veljko Paunovic – were completely helpless against a resolute England defence in terrible weather conditions at Wembley.
Two quality finishes from Arsenal duo Bukayo Saka and Eberechi Eze in either half, combined with Albania completing their task against Andorra on the same evening, meant Serbia officially failed to finish in the top two of the qualifying group.
However, despite failing to qualify for the play-offs through second place in their group, Serbia could still be “saved” by a UEFA Nations League place. Their ranking in the 2024–25 tournament could earn them a place in the next round.
However, that scenario would only happen if there were multiple favourable outcomes at once – the four highly ranked Nations League group winners who did not make the top two of the qualifiers would be given priority first, followed by the highly ranked non-group winners.
So Sunday's result essentially means little to Serbia, although the hosts will still want to avoid a third consecutive home defeat without scoring, following two 0-5 and 0-1 defeats to England and Albania since September.
Latvia, on the other hand, went into November playing for nothing but honour, having picked up just five points from their first seven Group K games.
Nine points behind Albania and 16 behind leaders England, the quest for a first World Cup in their independent history – and their second major tournament after Euro 2004 – will stretch on for several more years.
Paolo Nicolato's side played out a goalless draw against North Macedonia in a friendly on Thursday night, extending their winless run to eight games in all competitions, including six in a row in Group K.
Latvia beat Andorra 1-0 in their opening 2026 World Cup qualifier, but since then they have picked up just two more points – both at home – and scored just three goals in their next six games.
They also lost 1-0 to Serbia in Riga on 6 September, with Dusan Vlahovic scoring the only goal of the game. Sunday's encounter will be Latvia's first visit to Serbia since the country became independent.
Latest score prediction for Serbia vs Latvia
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Serbia vs Latviaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Serbia 2-0 Latvia
- WhoScore:Serbia 3-1 Latvia
- We predict:Serbia 2-0 Latvia
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