Latvia vs Cyprus - prediction, team news, lineups

Latvia and Cyprus volition combat for their archetypal points of the 2026-27 UEFA Nations League run erstwhile they conscionable astatine Stadions Skonto connected Monday. 

The hosts were defeated 2-0 successful their opening Group 2 game, portion the visitors mislaid 2-1 successful their archetypal fixture.

Match preview

Latvia narrowly retained their spot successful League C of the UEFA Nations League aft winning the relegation/promotion play-off last 2-0 connected aggregate against Gibraltar. 

The 2 1-0 victories are their lone wins crossed their past 14 matches, featuring 5 draws and 7 defeats during that period. 

The latest of those defeats came successful their opening lucifer of the 2026-27 UEFA Nations League run against Armenia connected Friday evening, with goals from Georgiy Harutyunyan and Artur Gharibyan sealing the 2-0 result. 

Latvia, arsenic a result, are bottommost of League C Group 2 with a -2 extremity difference, leaving manager Paola Nicolato anxious for his broadside to unafraid 3 points and ascent retired of the relegation playoff spot connected Monday. 

Visitors Cyprus are lone narrowly supra the bottom-placed broadside connected extremity difference, with -1 pursuing their melodramatic precocious decision to Montenegro connected Friday night. 

Cyprus, who finished 3rd successful League C Group 2 successful 2024-25 to clasp their spot successful the 3rd tier of the Nations League, initially took a 1-0 pb earlier goals from Nikola Krstovic and Milutin Osmajic sealed the 2-1 triumph for Montenegro. 

That decision handed Apostolos Mantzios' broadside their archetypal decision since March 2026, ending a tally of 2 victories and 1 gully successful their anterior 3 planetary affable fixtures. 

Cyprus volition present beryllium anxious to bounce backmost and debar dropping to the bottommost of the Group 2 table, and replicating their 1-1 gully with Latvia successful 2024 would beryllium capable to support them narrowly supra the hosts.

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Team News

Latvia were dominated passim the 90 minutes successful the decision to Armenia, meaning Nicolato whitethorn determine to marque changes successful hunt of an improved showing connected Monday. 

As a result, the likes of Oskars Vientiess, Roberts Uldrikis and Maksims Tonisevs could travel into the starting lineup. 

Meanwhile, Marcus Edwards was the goalscorer for Cyprus against Montenegro and should support his spot alongside Ioannis Pittas and Marinos Tzionis successful attack. 

Further back, Hector Kyprianou should clasp his spot astatine the basal of midfield, with Nikolas Panagiotou and Constantinos Sotiriou successful cardinal defence.

Latvia imaginable starting lineup:

Matrevics; Melniks, Cernomordijs, Vientiess; Tonisevs, Vapne, Zelenkovs, Cirkin; Daskevics, Gutkovskis, Uldrikis

Cyprus imaginable starting lineup:

Fabiano; Shikkis, Sotiriou, Panagiotou, Malekkidis; Edwards, Andreou, Kyprianou, Kastanos, Tzionis; Pittas

We say: Latvia 1-2 Cyprus

Cyprus whitethorn person suffered decision successful their opening crippled but they showed plentifulness of encouraging signs, portion Latvia were dominated passim the crippled by Armenia. 

Furthermore, Cyprus boast greater prime successful onslaught with the likes of Pittas and Edwards, and these players should assistance pb them to victory.

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