FYR Macedonia vs Latvia

Macedonia national team will meet against the Latvian national team in the opening match of the Group G EURO 2020 qualifier where matches will be held at the Arena Telekom. This match was quite interesting because it repeated their first meeting in 2014 where Macedonia also acted as host and beat Latvia with a narrow score 2-1.

In the match Latvia did not score even one goal, precisely the goal they got was due to an own goal by Macedonian player D. Georgievski in the 66th minute. But Macedonia, who had won 1-0 thanks to J. Kostovski in the 29th minute, turned things around 2-1 through A. Ibraimi on 77 minutes for a penalty.

The match was Latvia only playing defensively and relying on counterattacks alone, this was seen from their possession record where Macedonia controlled 63% while Latvia 37%. Meanwhile on the other hand, Macedonia and Latvia yesterday played in the UEFA Nations League event and they also got very different results, Latvia being the worst team with Andorra because they never won only 2 draws and 4 lost in League D group 1.

On the Macedonian side, in group 4, they were the best team with 5 wins and 1 loss. Gibraltar and Liechtenstein cannot match the game from Macedonia except Armenia, which was able to get revenge. But that doesn’t make Macedonia down the rankings, seeing their differences like this and even more benefiting from the home chances are that Latvia are undefeated.

Prediction Today: Over 2.5

Odds: 1.91