The head-to-head clash with the Latvia national team will take place at the “Toshe Proeski National Arena,” which holds 34,000 spectators.
The main referee is already known: it will be Georgian Goga Kikacheishvili. We offer you our prediction and a number of new facts about the teams.
The Latvians have never in their history defeated the North Macedonia national team. Moreover, each of the 4 head-to-head encounters was lost to the “Red Lions.
” The previous clash of the teams took place in October this year – as part of the 3rd round of the Nations League. Thanks to goals by Jani Atanasov, Liram Kamil, and Elif Elmas, the Macedonians secured a convincing 3:0 victory.
Blagoja Milevski and company are not facing significant resistance in the current Nations League campaign. After 4 rounds, the “Red Lions” have only dropped points once – in the match against the Faroe Islands (1:1) in Torshavn.
The most prolific players for the North Macedonia national team in this phase of the season are Blagoja Milevski (2 goals and 1 assist), Enis Bardhi (2 goals), and Ishnik Alimi (1 goal and 1 assist). The Macedonians have effectively achieved their goal set by the federation – to get promoted to League B.
The Latvians still have a chance to advance to a stronger division of the tournament – League B. Currently, the Latvia national team has 4 points and is positioned in 3rd place in the standings. In the last round of the Nations League, the “11 Wolves” couldn’t defeat the Faroese, drawing 1:1.
The only goal for the Latvians was scored by Dario Sits, who plays for Helmond in the Netherlands. Notably, the “red-white-red” haven’t won away for more than two years – since their victory over Liechtenstein (2:0) in the 4th round of the Nations League 2022/23 season.
The most valuable players in Latvia’s roster are Kristers Tobers (Grasshopper, 1.3 million euros) and Raimonds Krollis (Tristina, 1.2 million euros).
