Russia national under-19 football team take on the visitors Latvia national under-19 football team at the Dimotiko Stadio Pegias in the first stage fixture of the Euro U19. The match will be played in Pegeia on Tuesday, November 13th.
Last official fixtures for Russia national under-19 football team happened in 2017. They have already had three first stage games of the Euro U19 and have lost the opportunity to go through to the next round of the tournament exactly in them. After the Boys had beaten Gibraltar national under-19 football team with a 6-0 score they lost their two following matches to Romania national under-19 football team with a 1-2 score and to Greece national under-19 football team with the same 1-2 score. Lessons should have been learned by the team of Andrei Gordeyev after those losses. In the lead-up to their upcoming fixture against Latvia national under-19 football team the Russians have had two friendly games against Serbia national under-19 football team. Even though they were considered the favourites before both of those matches the Youth Team drew the first with a 0-0 score and came off victorious in the second one only with a 3-0 score. It`s worth noting that they didn`t concede any goals in those games. The head coach of the Russian U19 told after the fixtures that his team managed to deal with their emotions, with the pressing from the Serbians and to realize their goal attempts back then.
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Unlike the Russians Latvia national under-19 football team looked good in their previous first stage games of the Euro U19. They managed to go through to the next stage of the tournament from the second place of their group placing behind Croatia national under-19 football team and above San Marino national under-19 football team there. The Red-White-Reds lacked only a few points in order to get to the main stage of the Euro U19. In the lead-up to their upcoming fixture against Russia national under-19 football team they have had four friendly matches. The team of Aleksandrs Basovs managed to beat Estonia national under-19 football team with a 0-4 score, Lithuania national under-19 football team with a 3-0 score and to lose to Ukraine national under-19 football team with a 0-2 score, to Greece national under-19 football team with a 0-3 score. It`s worth noting that the two last opponents were especially helpful for the Latvians because their respective playing styles were very much like Russia national under-19 football team had been having before.
Russia national under-19 football team are the favourite in the lead-up to their upcoming fixture against Latvia national under-19 football team. However, the mental shape has not been that good for the Boys recently and that has been clear in their previous friendly fixtures. It`s worth noting though that the Red-White-Reds have never been able to beat the Russians before. The teams have had four games between them in history and the Russians have managed to win three of them. In their last two matches between the Boys and the Red-White-Reds particularly the first ones won with a 2-1 and a 5-1 score respectively. Interestingly, they were unable to keep their goal safe in both of those games. Now it is likely that the team of Andrei Gordeyev will win with a -1.5 handicap minimum on Tuesday over the team of Aleksandrs Basovs.
Prediction for the match: Russia national under-19 football team to win with -1.5 handicap.
