Latvia vs Montenegro - prediction, team news, lineups

Visitors Montenegro volition look to proceed their cleanable commencement to their Nations League C run with a triumph against Latvia connected Friday at Stadions Skonto.

The hosts lone person 1 constituent from a imaginable six and are past successful fourth, portion first-placed Montenegro person maximum points from their archetypal 2 matches, with the federation beating Armenia 3-2 connected September 28.

Match preview

Latvia failed to nutrient a azygous changeable connected people during their goalless stalemate with Cyprus connected Monday, and lone 2 of their attempts from wrong the container came from unfastened play.

Manager Paolo Nicolato volition beryllium alarmed by the information his broadside person present failed to people successful immoderate of their past 3 clashes, and they person scored less than 2 goals successful each of their past 9 fixtures.

The hosts' signifier of precocious has been poor, with the federation losing eight, drafting 5 and winning conscionable 2 of their 15 astir caller games.

Latvia's location signifier has hardly been amended fixed they person suffered 5 defeats successful their past 10 matches arsenic hosts, a play successful which they emerged arsenic victors once.

Nicolato's squad blanked successful fractional of those outings, though they lone conceded 2 oregon much goals successful 3 of those showdowns.

Montenegro needed Aleksa Latkovic to nett a victor successful the 89th infinitesimal to debar dropping points against Armenia, with their opponents having doubly travel from down successful that match.

Boss Mirko Vucinic has present overseen 3 wins from his past 4 games, portion helium besides managed to debar decision successful that time.

The visitors lone kept 1 cleanable expanse successful those 4 games, though they did find the backmost of the nett connected 8 occasions.

Montenegro person lone faced the hosts 4 times previously, and they are yet to endure a defeat, winning doubly against their opponents.

The Brave Falcons are unbeaten successful their past 4 distant matches - they won 3 of those fixtures - and that is simply a singular turnaround considering they had mislaid each of their anterior 9 contests connected the road.

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Team News

Latvia volition person to trust connected their defence if they are to instrumentality thing from Friday's fixture, truthful Deniss Melniks, Antonijs Cernomordijs and Dennis Cirkin indispensable beryllium astatine their champion successful the backline.

Perhaps Vladislavs Gutkovskis and Roberts Uldrikis volition beryllium utilized unneurotic successful the frontline, while Eduards Emsis whitethorn anchor midfield.

Montenegro duo Milutin Osmajic and Nikola Krstovic started unneurotic past clip out, and the forwards volition beryllium trusted up beforehand erstwhile again.

Midfielder Stefan Loncar is successful enactment to marque his 30th quality for the nationalist team, and helium could beryllium joined by Marko Jankovic.

In defence, the astir apt candidates to diagnostic successful the bosom of the backline are Andrej Duric and Stefan Savic.

Latvia imaginable starting lineup:

Matrevics; Melniks, Cernomordijs, Cirkin; Savalnieks, Zelenkovs, Emsis, Vapne, Ciganiks; Gutkovskis, Uldrikis

Montenegro imaginable starting lineup:

Popovic; Roganovic, Duric, Savic, Gasevic; Vukovic, Loncar, Jankovic, Bulatovic; Osmajic, Krstovic

We say: Latvia 0-2 Montenegro

With Montenegro successful beardown form, they volition rightly beryllium seen arsenic favourites, particularly arsenic they person travelled well.

Latvia person besides struggled to make chances successful the last 3rd for immoderate time, and determination is nary crushed to deliberation they tin endanger the visitors.

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