- 拉脱维亚在过去的16场比赛中输掉了11场
- 马其顿赢得了之前与这些对手的所有三场比赛
- 拉脱维亚最近八场比赛中有七场的进球数都低于2.5球
倒霉的拉脱维亚可能会再次失利
在本次国家联赛之前，人们对拉脱维亚的预期很小，因为在抽签时他们是C联赛中排名最低的球队，但到目前为止，两场比赛中的一场胜利对小鱼来说是一个不错的回报。
然而，从1比0战胜法罗群岛的胜利中建立起来的任何势头都可能是短暂的，因为来自北马其顿的访问；第4组纸上最强的一面；可以看到他们的形式恢复正常。
拉脱维亚在过去的16场比赛中输掉了11场，其中只有3场胜利，以及与塞浦路斯和列支敦士登的两场糟糕的平局；后者上个月被圣马力诺击败；这表明周四似乎不太可能有任何积极的结果。
主持人驯服狮子的希望看起来很渺茫
相比之下，北马其顿在过去几年中取得了一些令人印象深刻的成果。
2023年与意大利和英格兰的平局比拉脱维亚长期以来取得的任何成绩都要好得多，2比0战胜亚美尼亚；他们在周四的首场比赛中以4比1击败了东道主；展示了他们的品质。
东道主的大部分球队仍在拉脱维亚踢球，他们的球员远不及狮子会冠军联赛级别的明星Elif Elmas和Bojan Miovski。
回到北马其顿，在里加连续第四场战胜11只狼队。
- Latvia have lost 11 of their last 16 matches
- Macedonia have won all three of their previous meetings with these opponents
- Seven of Latvia’s last eight games have stayed under 2.5 goals
Luckless Latvia likely to lose again
Little was expected of Latvia ahead of this Nations League campaign given they were the lowest-ranked side in League C when the draw was made but one win from two matches is a decent return for the minnows thus far.
However, any momentum built from that 1-0 success over Faroe Islands could be short-lived as a visit from North Macedonia – the strongest side in Group 4 on paper – could see their form revert to the norm.
Latvia have lost 11 of their last 16 games in a run which includes just three wins as well as two poor draws with Cyprus and Liechtenstein – the latter were beaten by San Marino last month – suggesting any positive result seems unlikely on Thursday.
Hosts’ hopes of taming Lions look slim
North Macedonia, in contrast, have secured some impressive results over the past couple of years.
Draws with Italy and England in 2023 are much better results than anything Latvia have achieved for a very long time and a 2-0 win over Armenia – who beat Thursday’s hosts 4-1 in their opener – shows their quality.
The majority of the hosts’ squad still play in Latvia and their players are nowhere near the quality of the Lions’ Champions League-level stars Elif Elmas and Bojan Miovski.
Back North Macedonia to land a fourth consecutive win against the 11 Wolves in Riga.
