Latvia vs Cyprus Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent Form: Two Very Different Patterns

Latvia's last four matches have produced just one goal for them and two against, with three draws and a single defeat. Games against Faroe Islands, Lithuania, FYR Macedonia and Azerbaijan all stayed tight and low-scoring.

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Latvia: 5 completed matches; Cyprus: 7 completed matches.

Latvia

5 matches

Win

0% 0 / 5

Draw

60% 3 / 5

Loss

40% 2 / 5

Scored

1

Conceded

4

Difference

-3

Cyprus

7 matches

Win

28.6% 2 / 7

Draw

28.6% 2 / 7

Loss

42.8% 3 / 7

Scored

11

Conceded

12

Difference

-1

Cyprus have been far less settled. Across six friendlies they've won twice, drawn twice and lost twice, netting ten and conceding ten. Results have ranged from a comfortable win over Belarus to a 2-4 defeat against Estonia, so consistency hasn't been their strong suit either.

Latvia's matches have stayed tight, while Cyprus have been involved in more open, unpredictable scorelines.

Comparative Team Statistics: Latvia vs Cyprus

Head-to-Head: Not Much to Go On

These two have only met once in the data we have, a 1-1 draw in a March 2024 friendly. That match is well over two years old now and came in a completely different context to a Nations League fixture.

With just one recorded meeting, there's no real pattern to lean on here beyond noting that the last encounter was tight.

Team News: Limited Detail Available

The only individual note we have is on Cyprus's K. Laifis, who's picked up three yellow cards in five matches. That's a reasonable amount of bookings but doesn't tell us anything about squad availability for this specific game.

Cyprus:

Best assist providers:

N. Tsaroulla - 1

Penalty cards:

N. Tsaroulla x 1

There's no wider team news to draw on for either side, so we can't speak to selection or fitness beyond that single disciplinary detail.

How This Might Play Out

Latvia are priced as narrow favourites at home, yet their recent matches have produced almost nothing going forward. Three of their last four games finished 0-0 or 1-1, hardly the profile of a team expected to win comfortably.

Cyprus, meanwhile, have shown they can be involved in high-scoring games as easily as tight ones. That contrast, a low-scoring home side against an inconsistent away side, makes it hard to read which way the goals total will lean.