WC Qualification Europe: Group Stage: Montenegro travels to Latvia for this exciting encounter
These teams have little in common geographically as Montenegro have to travel 2300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Latvia form and stats
Latvia participated in WC Qualification Europe the last season, where they reached the 1st round.In the match before that, Latvia hosted Faroe Islands and drew the UEFA Nations League game 1-1.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Latvia played a great game against Andorra and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The manager D. Kazakevičs will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Netherlands in only three days.
Latvia have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 1 victories, 1 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Latvia have scored 4 goals and conceded 1 time.
Montenegro form and stats
Montenegro's mission in WC Qualification Europe last season failed in the 1st round.Before that, Montenegro travelled to Azerbaijan and returned home with a draw after the UEFA Nations League game finished 0-0.
As mentioned above, Montenegro was the only team on the pitch versus Cyprus in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
After this away game Montenegro return home for a WC Qualification Europe game against Gibraltar. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Montenegro played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. In these two matches Montenegro scored 1 and conceded 1 goal.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Latvia won zero, Montenegro won one and one draw. zero games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Latvia missing players
Montenegro missing players
| Latvia | Montenegro | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 9 | 25 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Conceded | C | 16 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8.8 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 23% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |