This coming Tuesday, Wales, and Latvia meet at Cardiff City Stadium in a qualifying match for the European Championship. It is expected to be an exciting event, as it is part of the second round of the qualifying stage. The last time these two sides facing off here came up against each other, Wales came away with a 0-2 win. Rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind at Cardiff City Stadium.
Concluding the first round of matches in this group, Wales have positioned themselves as number two on one point. Meanwhile, Latvia earned zero points, placing them as number four. Wales take on Latvia as number 28 in the FIFA world ranking, whereas the visitors sit as number 133 in the world.
Despite not winning, Wales still escaped from their initial group match feeling like winners. It was a surprise to see them gaining a point in a 1-1 draw away from home, but they know a lot of hard work in the European Championship still awaits.
It may be unrealistic to anticipate Wales topping their group; however, it would be surprising if they do not make it out of this group and qualify for the upcoming tournament. Latvia will never make it out of this group, but could perhaps be capable of stealing the odd point which for them would be considered a success.
Wales vs Latvia Prediction
Wales Form
A single point is all Wales have to show from their last three games, where they came up short, losing 0-2 and 0-3 against Iran and England respectively. Their latest match brought some consolation with a 1-1 against Croatia. Wales didn't manage a single win in any of their previous six internationals. They have a record of one draws and four defeats, in which they conceded nine and scored three goals.
Latvia Form
Latvia are winless in their last three matches, but managed a 1-1 draw with Estonia and a 1-1 draw with Iceland. In their most recent match, they were defeated 3-2 at the hands of Ireland. Latvia managed two wins to one draw and one defeat in their last six internationals. The scoreline from these matches says seven goals conceded and 13 scored.
Latvia managed to score at least once in their last 12 consecutive matches.
Wales vs Latvia Stats
- Wales have lost the last 3 home matches in a row without scoring a goal
- In 13 of the last 14 Wales matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 14 of the last 16 Wales home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Wales have lost the last 3 home matches in a row while scoring less than 0.5 goals
- Wales have not won 11 of the last 12 matches
- Latvia have scored in the last 12 matches in a row
- In the last 5 matches in a row Latvia played, both teams scored
- In the last 3 Latvia matches the sum of goals was over 4.5
- In the last 3 Latvia matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
- Latvia have not lost 7 of the last 8 away matches
Wales vs Latvia Team News
At the time of writing, Wales have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Latvia this coming Tuesday. Connor Roberts gets a day off from the Wales squad, as he serves out a suspension.
Neco Williams and Aaron Ramsey are all absent from the Wales squad that faces Latvia at Cardiff City Stadium.
Wales vs Latvia H2H
On 18 augusti 2004 these two nations went toe-to-toe against each other in their most previous meeting, when Wales ran away winners with a 0-2 scoreline. Wales picked up one win in their previous one match against Latvia, while the latter claimed zero wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 6/1.
Wales vs Latvia Results
Wales vs Latvia Betting Tips
As the new European Championship campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Wales and Latvia this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.
Wales have seen four of their previous 10 matches at Cardiff City Stadium offer over 2.5 goals. In five of the last 10 league games away for Latvia the match had over 2.5 goals.
Wales saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Latvia, who scored 2.9 times on average in those matches.
