Latvia vs Turkey Predictions

• Both teams have scored in each of the last six meetings between these nations.
• Turkey have won five of their last seven away games with BTTS also landing in five of the seven.
• Latvia have lost four of their last six home qualifiers or Nations League games.

Turkey can be trusted to take the points

Turkey can be trusted to do the business at short odds in Latvia on Friday as coach Stefan Kuntz fights to save his job.

The German could be jettisoned from the Turkish hot seat if his side fail to take maximum points from the upcoming double header with Latvia and Wales.

The Crescent-Stars came from behind to win their opening Euro 2024 qualifying clash in Armenia, but were a bit too green to get the better of wily old Croatia in the follow-up game.

Kuntz has brought a new wave of talent through and the squad lacks experience in some key areas, particularly in defence. But there is real excitement about the creative talent they possess with Orkun Kokcu and Arder Guler set to be mainstays of the side for the next decade.

Latvia like to play on the counter

Latvia lack the nous to really live with top-tier European opponents, but they put up a brave fight when these two last met in 2021, going down 2-1 to a late Burak Yilmaz penalty. Dainis Kazakevičs’ side like to play on the counter-attack against the bigger teams and will probably adopt that approach here even though they are at home.

Both teams to score looks like being a worthwhile addition to away win bets because they have a good goal record against Turkey, netting in their last six head-to-head meetings.

A 2-1 Turkey win looks the best play in correct score markets as Kuntz’s side have scored exactly two goals in five of their last eight internationals and four of their last seven games on the road.