Estonia vs Latvia Predictions

• Estonia have won back-to-back matches 1-0 after putting a two-year winless streak to an end.
• There have been fewer than three goals in the last six Latvia away games in the Baltic Cup.
• There has been only one goal in the past four Baltic Cup meetings between the sides.

Goals rarely surface in Baltic battles between these  

Estonia have hit form at just the right time as they seek to dethrone 13-time Baltic Cup champions Latvia in Tallinn on Thursday.

The final game of the three-nation tournament is effectively a final, although a draw would see Latvia retain their crown because they come into the game with a superior goal difference.

That would be harsh on Estonia, who have suddenly found some form after going two years without tasting victory at international level.

Thomas Häberli’s side followed up their 1-0 opening group phase win over Lithuania with a shock win over Euro 2020 finalists Finland in Helsinki and won’t be short on confidence ahead of this one.

Latvia top the table as a consequence of their 3-1 win over Lithuania last week and coach Dainis Kazakevics will be telling his players to forget the 7-1 mauling they received at the hands of Germany on Monday night.

That game almost didn’t take place with the green light given just a few hours before kick-off after one positive case of Covid-19 was discovered in the Latvian camp, although all subsequent tests were negative.

Estonia look the more organised unit on current form and will be highly motivated for this, but we forecast a low-scoring contest akin to many of these nations previous meetings in the competition.

Latvia know that a draw is enough and are likely to focus on keeping a clean sheet while Estonia have not found a way to score more than twice in any of their last nine games.

So we think backing Under 2.5 goals will be a profitable way to tackle this one with our preference being for a 1-1 draw in the correct score betting.