Comments, predictions Latvia vs Serbia: Extinguishing the Baltic aspirations

Latest Latvia vs Serbia team information

Serbia's all-time leading scorer, Aleksandar Mitrovic, is completing the transfer to Qatari club Al-Rayyan after terminating his contract with Al-Hilal. However, he is still on the squad and continues to lead the attack.

Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) – who stayed with the “Old Lady” last summer despite rumors of wanting to leave – is likely to partner Mitrovic. Mitrovic’s former Fulham teammate Sasa Lukic will play in midfield.

In goal, goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic has withdrawn from this training session to get used to the new environment in Napoli. Therefore, Djordje Petrovic (Bournemouth) can start.

For Latvia, Cernomordijs has been suspended for one match due to his yellow card accumulation. However, he has been called up to the squad and will return to action against Albania next Tuesday.

33-year-old defender Vitalijs Jagodinskis is likely to replace Cernomordijs, while Kristers Tobers (Aberdeen) is absent due to injury.

Latest expected lineup Latvia vs Serbia

Latvia:

Zviedris; Jaunzems, Balodis, Jagodinskis, Jurkovskis, Ciganiks; Varslavans, Ikaunieks, Saveljevs, Zelenkovs; Gutkovskis

Serbia:

Petrovic; Stojic, Pavlovic, Milenkovic; Gudelj; Zivkovic, Lukic, Samardzic, Kostic; Mitrovic, Vlahovic

Latest Latvia vs Serbia football review

Thanks to their success in the UEFA Nations League play-offs in March, Serbia have only played two 2026 World Cup qualifiers so far. However, coach Dragan Stojkovic's team are full of excitement heading into September.

The Eagles first overcame Austria 3-1 on aggregate to secure their place in the League A Nations League, then took four points from a possible six from their two Group K games against Albania and Andorra in June, keeping clean sheets in both.

A goalless draw with Albania was quickly made up for by a 3-0 win over Andorra. The tiny side, who had conceded just one goal to England just days earlier, were left powerless by Aleksandar Mitrovic's superb hat-trick in Leskovac.

Mitrovic celebrated his 100th international appearance in style. Serbia are currently third, just one point behind Albania but with two games in hand. The door to the next round is completely in their hands.

A thumping win over Andorra in June also extended Serbia's unbeaten run to six games in all competitions. They are unbeaten in their last 11 World Cup qualifiers since losing to Austria in 2017. It's an important morale booster ahead of their Euro 2024 rematch with England next week.

Latvia had fallen to the strength of England in Group K, but after that defeat, Nicolato's team achieved two positive results: winning against Andorra and drawing with Albania.

Most notably, the 1-1 draw with Albania on June 10. Latvian centre-back Antonijs Cernomordijs scored an own goal, scored the equaliser, and then received a yellow card, which will keep him out of the next match due to suspension.

With four points from a possible nine, Latvia are currently fourth, below England (all-winners), Albania (second, one point ahead but having played one game more) and Serbia (third). If Latvia beat Serbia this weekend, they could well secure a play-off spot.

Saturday's match will be the first ever international meeting between Serbia and Latvia, both official and friendly. The two teams have previously met four times at U21 level, with three draws and a 2-0 win for Serbia in 2007.

Latest Latvia vs Serbia 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 Serbiaas follows:

• Sportsmole:Latvia 0-2 Serbia

• WhoScore:Latvia 1-3 Serbia
• Our newspaper predicts:Latvia 0-2 Serbia

When and where to watch Latvia vs Serbia live?

To watch the live match Latvia vs Serbia in the World Cup qualifiers taking place at 8:00 p.m. on September 6, viewers can watch it on online sports channels. Wishing viewers happy football watching moments.

Luong Dam