Turkey vs Latvia prediction: EUROPE: Euro – Qualification betting tips on match 2023-10-14 18:45.
Turkeyâs 1-0 triumph over Croatia on Thursday moved them to the top of UEFA European Championship qualifying (ECQ) Group D and closer to automatic qualification for Euro 2024 (W4, D1, L1). It was the perfect start for new head coach Vincenzo Montella and another win against already-eliminated Latvia (W1, L5) will put them on the brink of a third straight Euro finals appearance.
In fact, should Wales lose to Croatia, then a point is all the Crescent Stars need to confirm their place without needing the play-off spot theyâve already guaranteed via the UEFA Nations League. As they havenât lost any of their last seven meetings with Latvia (W2, D5), Turkey could have another reason to celebrate come Sunday evening after UEFA recently confirmed they will co-host Euro 2032 with Italy.
Latviaâs wait for a first European finals appearance since 2004 goes on, but they secured what manager Dainis KazakeviÄs called an âemotional victoryâ over Armenia (W 2-0) on Thursday to end a sequence of seven consecutive international defeats. As they aim to spoil another teamâs qualification chances, itâs worth noting that although they have a poor recent H2H record against Turkey (D5, L2), both of those losses were by a one-goal margin.
Further suggesting theyâll make a good game of this, the 13-time Baltic Cup winners have drawn three of their H2Hs in Turkey, on each occasion completing the scoring having gone into the closing stages behind. However, theyâve lost their last eight ECQ away games, only scoring three times, and havenât won one since September 2011 (D4, L10), undoubtedly highlighting why they find themselves marooned at the bottom of the group.
Players to watch: BariĆ Yilmaz was Turkeyâs midweek hero as his first international strike secured victory over Croatia, just a short time after providing an assist to help Galatasaray beat Manchester United. Meanwhile, Latviaâs JÄnis Ikaunieks has now scored the opener in each of his last three appearances for club and country.
Hot streak: Latvia received more yellow cards than their opponents in each of their last seven games.