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Moldova and Latvia square off in their Nations League fixture on Friday

Moldova will entertain Latvia at their Zimbru Stadium in the third fixture of the 2022-23 UEFA Nations League on Friday.

The two sides occupy the top two spots in the League D Group 1 standings. Latvia have recorded back-to-back wins in their two games in the competition so far, securing a 1-0 win against Liechtenstein on Sunday.

Moldova are also undefeated in their Nations League campaign thus far and, after kicking off their campaign with a 2-0 win against Liechtenstein, they were held to a goalless draw last time around by Andorra.

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Moldova vs Latvia Head-to-Head

The two sides have crossed paths just three times across all competitions thus far, with all of them producing conclusive results. The first game between the two sides was a friendly affair in 2007, while they met twice in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers in 2008 and 2009.

Moldova form guide (all competitions): D-W-L-L-L

Latvia form guide (all competitions): W-W-W-D-W

Moldova vs Latvia Team News

Moldova

The home team have named a 24-man squad for the June games. There are no reported injuries for Moldova at the moment but Victor Stînă will serve a one-game suspension after being red-carded against Andorra.

Injured: None

Suspended: Victor Stînă

Doubtful: None

Latvia

The 11 Wolves travel to Moldova with a 26-man squad for the June games. Only Roberta Ozola misses out on account of injuries. There are no fresh injuries or suspension concerns for Latvia at the moment.

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As the team have played well, we do not expect any changes to the starting XI from the previous game in this fixture.

Injuries: Roberta Ozola

Doubtful: None

Suspension: None

Moldova vs Latvia Predicted XIs

Moldova (3-4-3): Dorian Railean (GK); Veaceslav Posmac, Vadim Bolohan, Igor Armas; Ioan-Calin Revenco, Vadim Rata, Mihail Platica, Oleg Reabciuk; Dmitri Mandrîcenco, Marius Iosipoi, Ion Nicolaescu

Latvia (4-5-1): Pavels Steinbors (GK); Kaspars Dubra, Igors Tarasovs, Roberts Savalnieks, Antonijs Cernomordijs; Janis Ikaunieks, Vladimirs Kamess, Artūrs Zjuzins, Eduards Emsis, Kristers Tobers; Vladislavs Gutkovskis.

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Moldova vs Latvia Prediction

Latvia are in good touch at the moment and have made it three wins in a row across all competitions. They are yet to concede a goal in the Nations League and are strong favorites in this match.

Moldova have also kept a clean sheet in their two games while scoring two goals. The game is expected to be a close contest but we are backing the visitors to eke out a narrow win here.

Prediction: Moldova 1-2 Latvia