In one of the friendly matches, the players of Ireland and Latvia will come face to face. Which of the rivals will be able to win in this confrontation? Our sports portal evaluates the opponents' chances of success.
IrishThe Irish national team has not had the most convincing season in the League of Nations.
The teams came to the finish line only in third place, but they managed to break away from Armenia only in the last round due to a victory with a score of 3:2. At the end of 2022, the Greens held two tough meetings against Norway (1:2) and Malta (1:0). They were of a comradely nature. In the upcoming match, the Irish are considered the favorites of the game, because they won all the face-to-face meetings in the history of the relationship between the national teams.
LatviaThe Latvian team had an excellent tournament in the League D of the League of Nations.
She was able to take the first place in her group, scoring 13 points and ahead of the second Moldova in additional indicators. Now, in the next season of the tournament, Latvians will play in the C League. Latvia recently participated in the Baltic Cup, where it reached the final, but lost in a penalty shootout (1:2 SP). Statistics and figures:
Ireland is the favorite of the meeting;
- The Irish have won twice in 5 matches;
- Latvia has not won in regular time for 4 matches;
- The last face-to-face meeting of the opponents ended with a score of 3:0 in favor of the Irish.
- Forecast
I am sure that Ireland will win this match again, and they will do it with a solid handicap.
In addition, the total of 2.5 goals in the match will be broken, as it was in 4 of the 5 previous confrontations of the teams.