UEFA Nations League

Latvia

FIFA #137
Relegation Playoffs
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Latvia beat Gibraltar
Latvia 1 – 0 Gibraltar
FT · Thu, Mar 26
1st leg of 2 · 1–0 on aggregate

Match Details

Europa Point Stadium (Gibraltar) · 1,442 fans View tournament bracket →

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Gibraltar 0, Latvia 1.
  • 90'+5'Second Half ends, Gibraltar 0, Latvia 1.
  • 90'+4'Lukass Vapne (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4'Foul by James Scanlon (Gibraltar).
  • 90'+1'Rihards Matrevics (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1'Foul by Bilal Douah (Gibraltar).
  • 90'Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'Foul by Lukass Vapne (Latvia).
  • 90'Bilal Douah (Gibraltar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 89'Offside, Latvia. Dario Sits is caught offside.
  • 84'Corner, Gibraltar. Conceded by Raivis Jurkovskis.
  • 84'Substitution, Gibraltar. Bilal Douah replaces Nicholas Pozo.

Line Score

12T
LVA 01 1
GIB 00 0

Match Leaders

Latvia
Gibraltar

Key Events

84'Substitution, Gibraltar. Bilal Douah replaces Nicholas Pozo.
83'Substitution, Latvia. Kristaps Grabovskis replaces Renars Varslavans.
83'Substitution, Latvia. Deniss Melniks replaces Roberts Veips.
77'Substitution, Gibraltar. Jeremy Perera replaces Bernardo Lopes.
77'Substitution, Gibraltar. Dylan Borge replaces Jaiden Bartolo.
74'Substitution, Latvia. Dario Sits replaces Vladislavs Gutkovskis.
71'Substitution, Gibraltar. Rafi Emrani replaces Julian del Rio.
71'Substitution, Gibraltar. Kai Mauro replaces Kian Ronan.
68'Daniels Balodis (Latvia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
63'Goal! Gibraltar 0, Latvia 1. Vladislavs Gutkovskis (Latvia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
62'Dan Bent (Gibraltar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
33'Jaiden Bartolo (Gibraltar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
6'Roberts Veips (Latvia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Team Stats

LatviaGibraltar
General
62.2 Possession % 37.8
12 Shots 5
2 On Target 1
6 Offsides 0
6 Corners 1
10 Fouls 12
Passing & Defense
399 Passes Completed 211
8 Crosses Won 1
13 Tackles Won 11
9 Interceptions 9
23 Clearances 30
Discipline
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Saves 1

Recent Form

Gibraltar L L L L L
Latvia L D L D L

Starting Lineups

Gibraltar4-4-2
23 Hankins
11 Richards 5 Bent 6 Lopes 3 Valarino
18 Bartolo 4 Pozo 22 Torrilla 10 Del Rio
2 Ronan 8 Scanlon
8 Varslavans
9 Gutkovskis 63' 10 Ikaunieks
14 Ciganiks 15 Zelenkovs 17 Vapne 13 Jurkovskis
4 Veips 5 Cernomordijs 2 Balodis
23 Matrevics
Latvia3-4-2-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Gibraltar

  1. JH #23 Jaylan HankinsG
  2. BL #6 Bernardo LopesCD-L
  3. DB #5 Dan BentCD-R
  4. JV #3 Julian ValarinoLB
  5. CP #11 Carlos Peliza RichardsRB
  6. GT #22 Graeme TorrillaCM-L
  7. NP #4 Nicholas PozoCM-R
  8. JD #10 Julian Del RioLM
  9. JB #18 Jaiden BartoloRM
  10. JS #8 James ScanlonCF-L
  11. KR #2 Kian RonanCF-R
Substitutes · 5 used

Latvia

  1. RM #23 Rihards MatrevicsG
  2. AC #5 Antonijs CernomordijsCD
  3. RV #4 Roberts VeipsCD-L
  4. DB #2 Daniels BalodisCD-R
  5. DZ #15 Dmitrijs ZelenkovsCM-L
  6. LV #17 Lukass VapneCM-R
  7. AC #14 Andrej CiganiksLM
  8. RA #13 Raivis Andris JurkovskisRM
  9. VG #9 Vladislavs GutkovskisF63'
  10. RV #8 Renars VarslavansCF-L
  11. JI #10 Janis IkaunieksCF-R
Substitutes · 3 used

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