
Latvia
Latvia won none of their 11 games as underdog, and backing them at every price lost 9.9 units over 14 games; seven of the 54 European nations lost more. ESPN’s goal line, the handicap beside each price, told a kinder story: Latvia beat it 9 times in those 14, with eight nations ahead of them on that rate.
The record: 2-3-9
Latvia went 1-1-4 in the Nations League and 1-2-5 in World Cup qualifying, with 9 goals scored and 26 conceded; 0.64 goals a game, and nine nations scored fewer. Both wins were 1-0: at home to the Faroe Islands in September 2024 and in Andorra in March 2025. Five of the nine defeats were by one goal.
Underdog 11 times: 0-2-9
The two draws as underdog were 1-1 in the Faroe Islands at +200 and 1-1 at home to Albania at +400, and neither paid. The longest prices were the two games with England, +3300 away and +2700 at home, lost 3-0 and 5-0. Favorite three times, Latvia went 2-1-0 for +1.1; the draw was 2-2 at home to Andorra at -155 in October 2025.
One unit a game: -9.9
Fourteen priced games, -9.9 units, 70.7% of the stake gone. Home and away lost the same, 4.95 each. Only two months finished above zero, September 2024 and March 2025, each by 0.05 on a 1-0 win and a defeat.
Andorra and the Faroe Islands
These were the two nations Latvia did not lose to: a win and a draw against each, the draws costing a stake both times. Serbia, North Macedonia, Armenia and England each won both meetings with Latvia.
The total
Seven over, seven under. Nothing to stake here.
Questions and answers
What is Latvia’s goal-line record?
Nine covers and five misses in 14 priced games; eight nations covered at a higher rate and two at the same one, while the moneyline lost 9.9 units.
Did Latvia ever win at underdog odds?
No: 0-2-9 in 11 games, including 3-0 and 5-0 defeats to England at +3300 and +2700.
Which nations did Latvia beat?
The Faroe Islands, 1-0 at home in September 2024, and Andorra, 1-0 away in March 2025, both at +105.
World Cup teams
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
England
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Israel
Italy
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Moldova
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Northern Ireland
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Ireland
Romania
San Marino
Scotland
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Türkiye
Ukraine
Wales