Latvia 1-2 Montenegro · UEFA Nations League
Latvia lost to Montenegro 1-2 in the UEFA Nations League. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Latvia and Montenegro met in the UEFA Nations League at Skonto in Rīga on Friday, 2 October 2026.
Goalscorers
Latvia: M. Strods 82'. Montenegro: V. Adžić 3', 56'.
How the match went
Possession was almost even at 51% to 49%. Latvia had 14 shots with 2 on target, Montenegro 14 with 6 on target. There were 7 corners in total, 5 to Latvia and 2 to Montenegro. Latvia conceded 10 fouls, Montenegro 7. The referee showed 2 yellow cards (1 for Latvia, 1 for Montenegro).
Line-ups
Latvia started in a 5-4-1: Rihards Matrevics, Roberts Savaļnieks, Deniss Melniks, Antonijs Černomordijs, Oskars Vientiess, Dennis Cirkin, Danila Patijčuks, Lūkass Vapne, Dmitrijs Zelenkovs, Andrejs Cigaņiks, Roberts Uldriķis.
Montenegro started in a 4-3-3: Balša Popović, Marko Vešović, Slobodan Rubežić, Igor Vujačić, Risto Radunović, Marko Janković, Stefan Lončar, Vasilije Adžić, Milutin Osmajić, Nikola Krstović, Stevan Jovetić.
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Minute by minute
- 3'Goal! Latvia 0-1 Montenegro. V. Adžić (Montenegro) scores, assisted by R. Radunović.
- 45'Half-time. Latvia 0-1 Montenegro.
- 56'Goal! Latvia 0-2 Montenegro. V. Adžić (Montenegro) scores.
- 82'Goal! Latvia 1-2 Montenegro. M. Strods (Latvia) scores, assisted by K. Cudars.
- 90'Full-time. Latvia 1-2 Montenegro.
Full commentary (55 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Latvia vs Montenegro.
- 3'Goal! Latvia 0-1 Montenegro. V. Adžić (Montenegro) scores, assisted by R. Radunović.
- 5'Attempt saved. D. Cirkin (Latvia), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 13'Corner, Montenegro.
- 15'Attempt missed. S. Jovetić (Montenegro), right-footed shot. xG 0.25.
- 15'Attempt missed. M. Osmajić (Montenegro), header. xG 0.06.
- 17'Attempt missed. L. Vapne (Latvia), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 19'Corner, Latvia.
- 20'Attempt blocked. A. Cigaņiks (Latvia), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.06.
- 22'Attempt missed. N. Krstović (Montenegro), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.05.
- 28'Substitution, Latvia: R. Jurkovskis comes on for R. Savaļnieks.
- 31'Attempt missed. S. Jovetić (Montenegro), header. xG 0.08.
- 31'Attempt saved. M. Vešović (Montenegro), right-footed shot. xG 0.16.
- 34'Offside, Montenegro.
- 38'Attempt blocked. D. Patijčuks (Latvia), right-footed shot. xG 0.01.
- 39'Yellow card for A. Černomordijs (Latvia) for handball.
- 43'Off the woodwork! R. Uldriķis (Latvia), header. xG 0.10.
- 45'Attempt saved. N. Krstović (Montenegro), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.22.
- 45'1 minute of added time.
- 45'Half-time. Latvia 0-1 Montenegro.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Corner, Latvia.
- 49'Corner, Latvia.
- 50'Corner, Montenegro.
- 53'Off the woodwork! R. Uldriķis (Latvia), right-footed shot. xG 0.19.
- 53'Attempt blocked. D. Zelenkovs (Latvia), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 56'Goal! Latvia 0-2 Montenegro. V. Adžić (Montenegro) scores.
- 59'Off the woodwork! S. Jovetić (Montenegro), right-footed shot. xG 0.52.
- 60'Substitution, Montenegro: M. Perović comes on for R. Radunović.
- 61'Substitution, Montenegro: M. Brnović comes on for M. Osmajić.
- 61'Substitution, Montenegro: V. Đukanović comes on for M. Janković.
- 64'Attempt saved. N. Krstović (Montenegro), right-footed shot. xG 0.12.
- 65'Substitution, Latvia: V. Gutkovskis comes on for R. Uldriķis.
- 65'Substitution, Latvia: E. Daskevics comes on for A. Černomordijs.
- 68'Substitution, Montenegro: A. Latković comes on for N. Krstović.
- 69'Attempt missed. V. Đukanović (Montenegro), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.27.
- 71'Attempt saved. M. Perović (Montenegro), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 72'Corner, Montenegro.
- 73'Attempt blocked. M. Brnović (Montenegro), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 77'Attempt missed. S. Jovetić (Montenegro), right-footed shot. xG 0.01.
- 78'Substitution, Latvia: M. Strods comes on for D. Patijčuks.
- 78'Substitution, Latvia: K. Cudars comes on for D. Zelenkovs.
- 78'Substitution, Montenegro: D. Vuković comes on for S. Jovetić.
- 79'Attempt missed. V. Gutkovskis (Latvia), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 80'Attempt blocked. M. Strods (Latvia), right-footed shot. xG 0.01.
- 81'Attempt missed. M. Strods (Latvia), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 82'Corner, Latvia.
- 82'Goal! Latvia 1-2 Montenegro. M. Strods (Latvia) scores, assisted by K. Cudars.
- 86'Attempt blocked. A. Cigaņiks (Latvia), right-footed shot. xG 0.09.
- 89'Corner, Latvia.
- 90'Attempt blocked. M. Strods (Latvia), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 90'4 minutes of added time.
- 90+2'Attempt missed. D. Cirkin (Latvia), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.06.
- 90+4'Yellow card for A. Latković (Montenegro).
- 90'Full-time. Latvia 1-2 Montenegro.