Serbia vs Latvia Prediction & Betting Tips (16 November)

Present at the last two editions of the World Cup, Serbia will not participate in the World Cup in the United States. 3rd in group K, mathematically, the Serbs can no longer come back against Albania who will play in the play-offs. The fault is the three defeats contracted against England on two occasions 0-5 and 2-0 during the week and at home against Albania in October 0-1. Still against the Albanians, in the first leg in June, Serbia also failed to win 0-0. Clearly, against the first two in the group, it's 3 defeats and 1 draw, a fairly logical non-qualification therefore. Latvia did not leave with any great ambition in its backpack for these qualifiers. Earning five points after seven days, the Latvians are already out of the running to obtain 2nd place.

Worse still, even if they win today, it won't allow them to gain a place in the rankings. Victories are rare for Latvia, only one in 2025, in March, as part of the qualifiers against Andorra 0-1. Since then, eight matches have been played for a record of 4 defeats and 4 draws, in all competitions. Defeats during qualifying, against the English twice 3-0 and 0-5, against Serbia 0-1 and Albania 1-0. During the week, during a friendly match, Latvia was unable to break this bad dynamic by conceding a draw in North Macedonia 0-0. 

In Serbia, the prolific striker Mitrovic (4 goals in these qualifiers) was forced to throw in the towel due to an injury like midfielder Maksimovic (60 sels) while the goalkeeper Milinkovic-Savic was not selected like his brother, Milinkovic-Savic. Both seem to have taken a step back with the selection. The coach was still able to call together a solid and reliable group like Dusan Vlahovic (41 sel, 16 goals), midfielders Gudelj (Seville, 73 sel), Kostic (Juventus, 69 sel), Zivkovic (PAOK, 60 sel), Lukic (Fulham, 59 sel), Radonjic (45 sel), Samardzic (Atalanta, 25 sel) and Ilic (Torino, 24 sel). All played against England. For this last salvo in 2025, the Latvian coach preferred to leave midfielders Alvis Jaunzems (46 sel) and Renars Varslavans (Riga, injured) at home.

The attackers Sits (2 goals in 8 sels), Krollis (40 sels, 4 goals) and Uldrikis (55 sels, 8 pawns) are announced injured and forfeited for this training course. We still find the valuable attackers Janis Ikaunieks (69 selections, 12 goals) and Vladislavs Gutkovskis (56 selections, 12 goals). Defensively, executives Roberts Savalnieks (70 caps), Ciganiks (66 caps, 4 goals), Jurkovskis (55 caps) and Cernomordijs (43 caps) are well operational. 

• Summary: Serbia is going head to head with Latvia starting on 16 Nov 2025 at 17:00 UTC at Stadion Dubočica stadium, Leskovac city, Serbia. The match is a part of the World Cup Qual. UEFA K .
• Referee: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea
• Serbia Feedinco Rating: 6.93
• Latvia Feedinco Rating: 6.69