Cyprus vs Latvia - prediction, team news, lineups

Cyprus and Latvia volition quadrate disconnected successful a League C, Group 2 clash successful the UEFA Nations League connected Monday astatine the GSP Stadium successful Nicosia.

The location broadside are unbeaten successful their past 2 matches, portion Latvia are inactive searching for their archetypal triumph successful the competition.

Match preview

Cyprus are 2nd successful the radical with 4 points from 3 matches, 5 down leaders Montenegro, and they person a bully accidental to adjacent the spread astatine the top.

After losing their opening crippled against Montenegro 2-1, Akis Mantzios's broadside person remained unbeaten successful their past 2 matches, including a 0-0 gully against Latvia distant from home.

They volition beryllium boosted by their awesome 2-0 triumph implicit Armenia successful their past game, contempt spending astir the full 2nd fractional with 10 men.

Cyprus scored some goals wrong the opening 32 minutes, with Leonidas Konomis and Andronikos Kakoullis getting connected the scoresheet, but their antiaircraft solidity successful the 2nd fractional to sphere a cleanable expanse should springiness them tremendous confidence.

Latvia defeated Gibraltar implicit 2 legs successful March successful the promotion-relegation play-offs to gain a spot successful League C of the Nations League, but they person endured a disastrous tally of signifier since then.

The 11 Wolves person mislaid 4 of their past 5 matches, drafting the other, including defeats to Lithuania and the Faroe Islands successful the Baltic Cup.

They started their Nations League run with a 2-0 decision to Armenia but followed it up with a spirited show successful a goalless gully against Cyprus astatine home.

Latvia past suffered a 2-1 decision to Montenegro successful their past game, leaving them 4th successful the radical with conscionable 1 point, portion their deficiency of attacking menace is simply a large concern, having scored conscionable erstwhile and conceded 4 goals truthful far.

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Team News

Cyprus volition decidedly beryllium without Kostas Pileas for this crippled aft helium was sent disconnected against Armenia successful the erstwhile match, with Giorgos Malekkidis apt to regenerate him astatine left-back.

Mantzios has nary large wounded concerns and has small crushed to alteration a winning combination, with the likes of Andronikos Kakoullis, Marcus Edwards and Loizos Loizou each successful fantabulous form.

Latvia could marque a fewer changes, peculiarly successful defence, with Roberts Savalnieks picking up an wounded successful the past lucifer and apt to beryllium replaced by Raivis Jurkovskis.

Danila Patijcuks besides sustained an wounded successful the erstwhile crippled and could beryllium rested, with Markuss Strods apt to travel into the side.

Roberts Uldrikis endured a quiescent outing against Montenegro, and Nicolato could manus Vladislavs Gutkovskis an accidental to pb the enactment and beryllium his quality.

Cyprus imaginable starting lineup:

Fabiano; Konomis, Kyprianou, Panagiotou, Malekkidis; Andreou, Kastanos; Loizou, Edwards, Kakoullis; Pittas 

Latvia imaginable starting lineup:

Matrevics; Cirkin, Melniks, Cernomordijs, Vientiess, Jurkovskis; Ciganiks, Zelenkovs, Vapne, Strods; Uldrikis 

We say: Cyprus 1-0 Latvia

Cyprus look to beryllium successful amended signifier astatine the moment, but they person failed to bushed Latvia successful either of their erstwhile 2 meetings. However, Latvia are going done a wretched tally of form, portion Cyprus's location vantage makes them flimsy favourites to borderline this contest.

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