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Latvia travel to London on Monday to face England in the second fixture of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers. Latvia beat Andorra in a 1-0 win where Riga FC keeper Krišjānis Zviedris got a clean sheet on his national team debut. Meanwhile England’s new manager Thomas Tuchel got a 2-0 win over Albania on his debut with the Three Lions.  Harry Kane celebrating with the team after scoring against Albania Image Source: England Football Team Facebook Page Tuchel has made a few changes in England's back line as Arsenal left-back Myles Lewis Skelly became the youngest player in history to score on his senior England debut which was against Albania. With a 94% pass accuracy rate and having won 71% of the duels he's faced in this season's Premier League, the 18-year old will be ready for Monday. A key player for the Three Lions is Jude Bellingham who controls the middle of the park, has scored seven goals and got six assists for Real Madrid in the La Liga this season. He's also play...

As the international break is starting this weekend, one game you won't want to miss is the Latvian U21 side playing away in Cesena against Italy's U21 side in the 2025 Euro U21 Qualifiers on Friday. Despite Italy having 73% ball possession and 7 shots on target in the previous match against Latvia at the Slokas Stadions, Latvia tied the match 0-0 which was a massive upset in the group. Deniss Meļņiks (4) winning the ball over Daniele Ghilardi (11). Image Source: Futbols Facebook Page This Italian side is stacked in talent as at the back they have Atalanta defender Matteo Ruggeri who has been solid at the ball not only for the U21's but also in the Serie A as he has an 83% pass accuracy rate and has 3 assists this season. In the middle, Italy have AS Roma midfielder Edoardo Bove who has been a vital player in the Serie A and Europa League at just 21-years old. In the Serie A, Bove has a 62% succesful dribbling rate and a 84% pass accuracy rate. Another player to watch is Le...

The Virsliga last season was very entertaining with a very dramatic finish to the season as Riga FC were in 1st place for most of the season only to bottle it in their last match in a 1-1 draw to Valmiera. There was also drama at the other end of the table as BFC Daugavpils avoided relegation by beating FK Liepāja 3-1 in the second to last game of the season. Liepāja missed out on a spot in the Conference League Qualifiers because of that. The 2024 Virsliga will be a fascinating season from top to bottom so you won't want to miss it.  All stats next to the players names are from last season's Virsliga. Pāvels Šteinbors lifts the Virsliga trophy for RFS Image Source: RFS Insta Page RFS Last year RFS won their second ever Virsliga title in history after a dramatic 1-0 win against Metta in the final match of the season. Despite an underwhelming performance in Europe being knocked out by Azeri side Sabah FK (4-1 aggregate), they were able to concentrate on the league and snat...

Latvia suffer another defeat in the Euro 2024 Qualifiers, this time against Wales in a 2-0 loss at Skonto Stadions in Riga. Latvia have lost all five matches in the qualifiers as the manager Dainis Kazakevičs job is in jeopardy. Welsh manager Rob Page's job was also on the line as Wales had only won once in their previous 13 matches and had been underperforming.  Image Source: Futbols Facebook Page The visitors started out strong as in the 2nd minute, Brennan Johnson had a promising effort which went just over the bar. In the 27th minute, Wales were awarded a penalty after Kaspars Dubra pushed Fulham midfielder Harry Wilson. Aaron Ramsey took the penalty and shot the ball into the bottom left corner as Auda keeper Roberts Ozols jumped in the opposite direction. The hosts had a chance to tie the game just before half time as Jānis Ikaunieks crossed the ball into the box, however both forwards Roberts Uldriķis and Raimonds Krollis failed to reach the ball. It was a dominant display f...

The Latvian side prepare to take on Andorra this Thursday on September 6th in Riga, for the UEFA Nations League (Euro 2020 Qualifiers). Latvian football has not been short of drama as they drew Faroe Islands 1-1, and became the second team to ever lose to Gibraltar in March. Latvia then hired the former Finnish national coach, Mixu Paatelainen who will try to help Latvia win some games. Kaspars Dubra (left) and Roberts Savaļnieks (right) celebrate their first victory in 2018 in a Baltic Cup match vs Estonia Image Source: Futbols Facebook page In goal Latvian have FC Zurich keeper Andris Vaņins who is approaching retirement as he is 38 year old, but will want to end his career on a high. At the back is Vitalijs Maksimenko who has gotten his career back on track in Slovenia, having played three 90 minute Europa League Qualifiers for Olimpija Ljubljana. Maksimenko could be a key player for Latvia if he keeps preforming well for his club team.  Up front is Davis Ikaunieks who had a fa...