Latvia vs Montenegro 1-2

Montenegro took the points in Riga with a 2-1 win over Latvia, built on Vasilije Adzic’s early double. Latvia pulled one back through Markuss Strods in the 82nd minute, but Montenegro held on to protect the lead.

Adzic opened the scoring in the 3rd minute when he finished from Risto Radunović’s assist for 1-0, and he made it 2-0 on 56 minutes for his second of the match. Latvia had already been forced into a change on 28 minutes, and the first half ended with Montenegro ahead 1-0.

Montenegro then made two changes on 61 minutes, with Risto Radunović and Milutin Osmajić both coming off, before Latvia also made two changes on 65 minutes. The home side sent on Markuss Strods and Kristers Cudars together on 78 minutes, and both were involved when Strods scored on 82 minutes from Cudars’ assist, cutting the deficit to 2-1. Latvia had another double change on 78 minutes, but it could not produce an equaliser, and Montenegro also sent on Dušan Vuković at the same time as they looked to see out the result.

The numbers were tight overall. Latvia had 51% of the possession to Montenegro’s 49 and 509 passes to 514, while both sides had 14 shots. Montenegro were more accurate, with 6 shots on target to Latvia’s 2, and Latvia needed 4 saves compared with Montenegro’s 1. Latvia also won 5 corners to 2 and committed 10 fouls to Montenegro’s 7.

Latvia’s Antonijs Černomordijs was booked in the 39th minute, while Montenegro’s Aleksa Latkovic went into the book in three minutes into stoppage time.