On Thursday night, two of the minnows of international football meet, as Latvia and Andorra go head-to-head in Group D1 of the Nations League.
Latvia have a poor recent record in the international game of late, to say the least. A 1-0 win over Austria back in November ended a run of 17 games without a victory for the home team. They have also suffered defeat in ten of their previous 13 matches.
One of Latvia’s main problem of late has been conceding too many goals, as they have conceded at least twice in eight of their previous ten international outings. The clean sheet against Austria was a big step forward though.
Unsurprisingly, Latvia have a poor record in the Nations League, as they failed to win any of their group games in the previous edition of the competition.
However, all is not lost, as four of their games finished in draws. Their Nations League games have been low-scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in five of their last six matches in the competition.
Andorra have won just once in their previous 18 international matches. The visitors have a highly leaky defence that has conceded at least two goals in four of their previous five matches. They have also failed to score in ten of their last 11 games.
Similarly to their hosts, the visitors have a poor recent record in the Nations League, having failed to win any of their games in the competition. The two teams have the same record.
Andorra have failed to win any of their away games in the Nations League, having suffered two straight away defeats in the competition.
These two teams met in the last edition of the Nations League, with both meetings ending in goalless draws. Forebet predicts that this clash will follow the trend, with the game ending in a low-scoring draw.