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Matchday

UEFA Nations League 26/27 · 25 Sep 2026

Armenia 2–0 Latvia

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Aug 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.6 – 1.2
Actual xG
0.2 – 0.1
Goals
2 – 0

Footybot made Armenia favourites at 46%.

Armenia won a close one on the chances: 0.2 xG to 0.1.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Junior Julio, 61.6 in 45′.

Well above their usual level: Raivis Jurkovskis +12.7.

Well below it: Andrejs Cigaņiks −17.1, Dennis Cirkin −13.4, Artur Serobyan −9.6.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Armenia

16 Nov 2025L 1–9at Portugal World Cup Qualification UEFA
13 Nov 2025L 0–1v Hungary World Cup Qualification UEFA
14 Oct 2025L 0–1at Ireland World Cup Qualification UEFA
11 Oct 2025L 0–2at Hungary World Cup Qualification UEFA
9 Sep 2025W 2–1v Ireland World Cup Qualification UEFA

Latvia

16 Nov 2025L 1–2at Serbia World Cup Qualification UEFA
14 Oct 2025L 0–5v England World Cup Qualification UEFA
11 Oct 2025D 2–2v Andorra World Cup Qualification UEFA
9 Sep 2025L 0–1at Albania World Cup Qualification UEFA
6 Sep 2025L 0–1v Serbia World Cup Qualification UEFA

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Armenia

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Erik Simonyan Defender800–93.0–
Junior Julio Defender45000.0361.6–
Eduard Spertsyan Midfielder90010.0851.9−0.8
Zhirayr Shaghoyan Midfielder3001–46.1–
Artur Serobyan Midfielder82000.1042.4−9.6
Nair Tiknizyan Defender9000–38.8+0.1

Latvia

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Antonijs Černomordijs Defender8700–53.6+4.5
Raivis Jurkovskis Defender5800–52.0+12.7
Eduards Daskevics Midfielder6800–49.0–
Danila Patijčuks Midfielder800–48.5–
Rihards Matrevics Goalkeeper9000–47.1–
Maksims Tonisevs Defender3200–46.3–
Roberts Uldriķis Forward2200–44.6–
Dmitrijs Zelenkovs Midfielder90000.0244.2−3.8
Deniss Melniks Defender9000–44.0+2.1
Andrejs Cigaņiks Defender9000–38.2−17.1
Dennis Cirkin Defender90000.0333.6−13.4
Markuss Strods Midfielder68000.0330.2–