Latvia vs Armenia Prediction & Match Preview

Armenia will try and keep their European Championship ambitions alive on Thursday afternoon when they visit Riga to take on Group D underdogs in the seventh round of the qualifying campaign.

The Armenians share the third place in the group with seven points, three less than joint group leaders Croatia and Turkey.

They couldn’t do much to avoid a home defeat to Croatia last month in the previous round, falling 0-1 to an Andrej Kramaric early goal.

The team led by Ukrainian manager Oleksandr Petrakov will have a nice opportunity to return to winning ways straight away since they face the rock-bottomed Latvia in Gameweek 7.

The Latvians have lost all five of their qualifiers so far, scoring just three goals in the process.

They have also shipped at least two goals in each of the previous four competitive outings, including the home loss to Wales just more than a month ago.

Latvia were brutally outplayed on the occasion, allowing the counterparts 25 shots in the 90 minutes of play.

They have conceded five goals in two home defeats to Turkey and Wales, meaning we should expect plenty of room for the Armenian strikers to deliver on Thursday.

Latest Meetings

Armenia picked up a 2-1 victory in the reverse game played on their soil in June this year.

The teams had previously locked horns in two friendlies in 2009 and 2014 respectively.

Latvia won and drew one of these exhibitions each without conceding a single goal in the process.

The Verdict

We have not seen much from the Latvians so far in the qualifying campaign and the away win seems to be the most logical betting option here at the odds of 1.95.

The alternative pick would be Under 2.5 goals FT at the 1.66 odds knowing that Latvia have only scored three goals in five qualifiers while Armenia notched just one goal in the previous two matches.

Steffen Schmidt- October 8, 2023

Latvia vs Armenia Betting Tips

Armenia to win

OK

1.95 Odds

Under 2.5 goals

OK

1.65 Odds