Latvia vs Armenia - prediction, team news, lineups

Preview

Latvia will face Armenia in a friendly match on Friday, November 17. Latvia is ranked 135th in the FIFA World Rankings, while Armenia is ranked 99th. Both teams will be looking to use this match as preparation for their upcoming UEFA Nations League matches in March.

Latvia has had a disappointing year in 2023, winning just two of their eight matches. They were relegated to League C of the UEFA Nations League after finishing bottom of their group. Armenia, meanwhile, has had a more successful year, winning four of their eight matches. They finished third in their UEFA Nations League group and will remain in League B.

This will be the first meeting between Latvia and Armenia since 2014. Latvia won that match 2-0. They will be looking to build on that victory and continue their preparations for the UEFA Nations League matches.

Team news

Latvia will be without the suspended Roberts Savaļnieks for this match. Armenia will be without the injured Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

Lineups

Latvia (4-4-2): Roberts Ozols; Raivis Jurkovskis, Kaspars Dubra, Antonijs Černomordijs, Elvis Stuglis; Roberts Uldriķis, Vladimirs Kamešs, Janis Ikaunieks, Davis Ikaunieks; Dāvis Ikaunieks, Andrejs Cigaņiks.

Armenia (4-2-3-1): David Yurchenko; Hovhannes Hambardzumyan, Varazdat Haroyan, Taron Voskanyan, Hayk Ishkhanyan; Karen Muradyan, Eduard Spertsyan; Tigran Barseghyan, Zhirayr Margaryan, Khoren Bayramyan; Vahan Bichakhchyan.

Prediction

This is a difficult match to predict. Latvia has the home advantage, but Armenia has the better team on paper. I think Armenia will win 2-1.