2026-2027 Nations League: Armenia vs. Latvia, Probable Lineups

Armenia and Latvia face off at 8:45 p.m. in a match counting toward Matchday 1 of Group 2 in League C of the Nations League. The two teams are in a group that also includes Montenegro and Cyprus, who are playing at the same time.

Armenia aims to top the group and is counting on the support of its home crowd to win its first group match. Melikyan is relying on the attacking trio of Serobyan, Shaghoyan, and Miranyan. In midfield are Spertsyan, Iwu, and Sevikyan, with Arutyunyan and Bueno on the wings.

Latvia is coached by Paolo Nicolato, who took the reins of the Baltic team in 2024. All eyes are on QPR fullback Cirkin: the Irishman changed his sporting nationality to make his debut for Latvia. Up front are Ikaunieks and Gutkovskis.

Armenia vs. Latvia: Probable Lineups
ARMENIA (4-3-3): Cancarevic; Arutyunyan, Tiknizyan, Piloyan, Bueno; Spertsyan, Iwu, Sevikyan; Serobyan, Shaghoyan, Miranyan. Head Coach: Melikyan.
LATVIA (4-4-2): Matrevics; Savalnieks, Balodis, Melniks, Cirkin; Saveljevs, Emsis, Vapne, Grabovskis; Ikaunieks, Gutkovskis. Head Coach: Nicolato.

Here’s what Nicolato had to say on the eve of the match in Armenia: “First and foremost, we need to be physically competitive. Then we need to stick to our strategy. We need to pay more attention to our offense. When we create scoring opportunities, we have to capitalize on them. We want to improve our play and our approach to soccer; we want to be different from the team we were two years ago. We have to put on a good performance, but we also have to get a result.”