Latvia vs Austria
EURO Qualification
Date: Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Kick-off at 19:45 UK/ 20:45 CET
Venue: Daugavas stadions (Riga).
TEAM NEWS
LATVIA
It has been a campaign that is truly abysmal qualification for Latvia that has fallen behind many other teams in Eastern Europe because they have lost all nine games so far, only scored two goals and conceded 28.
their form at home has been especially concerned because they have not even scored in their last five games played that summarizes the terrible quality of football Latvia at the moment a certain time.
They hope to welcome back midfielder Janis Ikaunieks after suspension but he had a knock so it misses out once again along with Kristers Tobers and Daniels Ontuzans, so the boss Slavic Stojanovic has reduced the choice to actually change things around positively.
AUSTRIA
Austria a 2-1 win over Northern Macedonia, on Saturday saw them clinch a berth EURO 2020 final and while they can relax coming into this match in Riga, they will be keen to maintain their recent momentum is very good going.
After losing their opening two matches in their group to Poland and Israel, they have reeled off six wins and a draw in their last seven matches, with one of them being the 6-0 destruction of Latvia in Salzburg.
The head coach Franco Foda can use this game as an opportunity to give playing time to some of his squad players with the pressure off and the second was confirmed as Schaub, Ilsanker and Grillitsch all could come into the side.
Latvia vs Austria Betting Tips
It's damage control time for the bottom side in Group G, which aims to avoid losing all their matches in the group. Latvia has nine defeats from nine so far, while they met the Austrian side already qualified. However, visitors should brush up on their record, as the tournament draw will be seeded based on the record of qualifications. Victory could see them and give them a much easier draw, so it is still an important game for the away side.
Latvia has struggled from the off in this group, started things with a 3-1 defeat in Northern Macedonia. The hosts now have lost every game scoring just twice overall, a real blow to the side that makes the euro when they are difficult to get to go back in 2004. Now they are pedestrians in the bottom of the pile here, leaving Austria as a favorite cut -price for victory on Tuesday.
Austrian towards Euro following a major disappointment in 2016. They are the dark horse before the campaign even knocked their dismal World Cup qualifying course. They returned to their best now after some good results in this group, as they bounced back from losing their opening two to make it. Six wins in seven had put them in the final, now Austria will want to finish with a win.
We see little chance of them being dismissed here as the hosts were in terrible condition. Latvia has been at their worst at home, with a five-game losing streak here left them as outsiders great for this clash. Latvia has lost each by at least two goals, with three 3-0 defeats in five. They have failed to win a competitive home game since October 2017, while Austria look forward to this kind of trip.
With Latvia in the current conditions, we expect Austria to finish with a handsome victory. They were heavy favorites here for a reason, so we support them with -1 disabled during a visit to Riga. With eight of their last nine home qualifiers saw them lose by two or more goals, we think the value here lies with Austria -1.
We also support Austria to come away with a solid victory in the correct pick our score. The visitors averaging three goals per game against Latvia in the last five head to head meeting between the pair. The visitors were the scorers top group, while Latvia has failed to score in any of their home defeat so far. Following the run, we support a 3-0 victory for Latvia this week.
