RIGA. Turkey was capable to turn the table against Latvia to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Latvia to strike first with an own goal of M. Demiral at the 70′. Then it was a goal in the 76′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, B. Yilmaz gave the win to Turkey in the 90′ minute with a penalty. Its vastly superior ball possession (68%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Daugavas Stadiona, Riga stadium in Riga on Monday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Lars Christian Andreas Ekberg with the assistance of Fredrik Klyver and Stefan Hallberg. The 4th official was Kaspar Sjöberg. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5 degrees Celsius or 41.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
Turkey was in firm control of the ball 68% while Latvia was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Turkey was more aggressive with 70 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Turkey won the encounter.
Latvia shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Turkey shot 25 times, 8 on target, 17 off target.
Cards
Latvia received 4 yellow cards (A. Ciganiks, A. Jaunzems, R. Ozols and I. Tarasovs). On the other side, Turkey received 1 yellow card (B. Yilmaz).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After playing this encounter, Latvia will stay with 5 points to stay in the 5th place. On the other side, Turkey will have 15 points to stay in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Latvia will play away against Norway on the 13th of November with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Norway (0 draws).
Turkey will host Gibraltar on the 13th of November with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Turkey (0 draws).
Latvia – Formation
Latvia
90'
73'
Latvia started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Dainis Kazakevičs decided to play with the following team: Roberts Ozols , Roberts Savalnieks , Antonijs Černomordijs , Kaspars Dubra , Raivis Jurkovskis , Arturs Zjuzins , Eduards Emsis , Alvis Jaunzems , Roberts Uldriķis , Andrejs Cigaņiks and Vladislavs Gutkovskis .
The home team had on the bench: Mārtiņš Ķigurs , Krisjanis Zviedris, Vladislavs Sorokins, Vladislavs Fjodorovs, Daniels Ontužāns , Raimonds Krollis , Igors Tarasovs , Mārcis Ošs, Kriss Karklins, Aleksejs Saveljevs, Rihards Matrevics and Elvis Stuglis.
Substitutions
Latvia made 4 changes: A. Zjuzins for I. Tarasovs (60′), R. Uldrikis for M. Kigurs (60′), A. Jaunzems for D. Ontuzans (73′) and V. Gutkovskis for R. Krollis (81′).
Best player: Roberts Ozols
The player that probably impressed the most for Latvia was the goalkeeper: Roberts Ozols. His rating is 8.04. He performed 7 saves.
Turkey – Formation
Turkey
90'
Turkey started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
On the other side, Stefan Kuntz played with: Uğurcan Çakır , Zeki Çelik , Merih Demiral , Çağlar Söyüncü , Caner Erkin , Berat Ayberk Özdemir , Cengiz Ünder , Orkun Kökçü , Hakan Çalhanoğlu , Kerem Aktürkoğlu and Burak Yılmaz .
They had on the bench: Ozan Tufan, Ozan Kabak, Kaan Ayhan, Mert Müldür, Abdülkadir Ömür, Yusuf Yazıcı, Halil Dervişoğlu , Serdar Dursun , Sinan Bolat, Berkan Kutlu, Rıdvan Yılmaz and Altay Bayındır.
Substitutions
Turkey made 3 changes: O. Kokcu for S. Dursun (65′), C. Erkin for R. Yilmaz (65′) and K. Akturkoglu for H. Dervisoglu (74′).
Best player: Cengiz Ünder
The player that probably impressed the most for Turkey was Cengiz Ünder even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 43 passes (67% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 12 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Romania – Armenia – 1-0
- North Macedonia – Germany – 0-4
- Iceland – Liechtenstein – 4-0
- Slovenia – Russia – 1-2
- Cyprus – Malta – 2-2
- Croatia – Slovakia – 2-2
- Norway – Montenegro – 2-0
- Netherlands – Gibraltar – 6-0
- Latvia – Turkey – 1-2
- Estonia – Wales – 0-1
- Belarus – Czech Republic – 0-2
