North Macedonia vs Latvia Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 14th November 2024

The spotlight is on North Macedonia and Latvia when they go toe-to-toe at Todor Proeski Arena, for an exciting match on Thursday. It is one of the many matches in round five of the Nations League C group stage, with teams fighting to secure qualification. North Macedonia had a good reading on Latvia in their last two meetings, which they won by 2-0 and 3-0, respectively.

North Macedonia arrive at this match placed as number 69 in the FIFA world ranking, while Latvia lack behind as number 137 in the world.

With the fourth round of the group stage done and dusted North Macedonia rank as number one on ten, while Latvia have four as number three.

North Macedonia only average a modest 1.5 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 15 goals. They also conceded eight for an average of 0.8 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring five times.

Latvia are currently not the most scoring team in the Nations League C, as they only found the back of the net three times in four matches. This is an average of just 0.9 goals a game in which they conceded eight times, an average of 2.1 per game. They managed one clean sheets in these.

North Macedonia vs Latvia Prediction

North Macedonia Form

North Macedonia are enjoying their football currently with three wins on the bounce, and it began with a 2-0 win against Armenia. They went on to beat Latvia by 0-3, before also getting the better of Armenia in a 0-2 victory. North Macedonia won three of their previous six internationals. They drew one and lost two, scoring nine goals to six against.

Latvia Form

In their previous three matches, Latvia beat Faroe Islands 1-0, lost 0-3 against North Macedonia and drew 1-1 with Faroe Islands. Latvia claimed two wins against one draw and three defeats in their last six internationals. The scoreline from these matches reads ten goals conceded and four scored.

North Macedonia are still undefeated on a highly respectable ten points after four rounds of the Nations League C. This puts them up as number one in their group and first place could be sealed with a win this coming Thursday. Latvia delivered some rather mediocre results so far in the Nations League C. As they enter their penultimate group match on four points, they know they most likely need three points to stay in the race for the next round.

North Macedonia and Latvia are mostly leaning towards matches shy on goals, as it seems that not conceding is more important than attempting to score. This indicates a close encounter is on the menu this coming Thursday.

North Macedonia vs Latvia Team News

North Macedonia vs Latvia H2H

North Macedonia go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 2-0 and 3-0 the last two times they played Latvia. North Macedonia outclassed Latvia in their latest encounter, when they claimed a 3-0 win. The bookies have North Macedonia to win this match at best price odds of 7/15.

North Macedonia vs Latvia Results

In the last four matches between North Macedonia and Latvia, both teams to score came up two times.

North Macedonia vs Latvia Betting Tips

Isnik Alimi has shown good form lately for North Macedonia, managing to score twice for his country, which is one more than Andrejs Ciganiks. Latvia put their faith in him to score again.

North Macedonia claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing two. Latvia won zero of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost seven of the games in this run. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Todor Proeski Arena since both teams scored in eight of the last 10 home matches for North Macedonia. The same occurred in six of the last 10 league games away from home for Latvia.

In the last four encounters between North Macedonia and Latvia over 2.5 goals came out three times, as North Macedonia averaged 2.5 goals a game. Latvia scored an average of 0.5 goals in these, while both teams scored two times. North Macedonia saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in two of Latvia's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.6 goals in these matches.