● aleavici-football · v1.0-xgboost · 6 October 2026
Int: UEFA Nations League

Cyprus vs Latvia

Monday, 5 October 2026 at 16:00
📅This match has already taken place. The predictions above were generated before kick-off.
Win probability
44%
Cyprus wins
27%
Draw
30%
Latvia wins
xG Home
1.41
Cyprus
Blowout %
33%
Dominant win
xG Away
1.10
Latvia
Analysis

Our model puts a Cyprus win at 43.8% in this Int: UEFA Nations League fixture — close to a three-way split. Expected goals run 1.41 to 1.1.

Where we disagree with the market

Bookmakers price Cyprus at 1.59, which implies about 62.9%. Our model has it at 43.8% — 19.1 points lower. That is a wide gap, and it is worth being plain about what it means: it is not a claim that the price is wrong and we are right. It means two methods that usually agree have landed far apart on this one, and only the result will say which of them read it better.

Evenly rated

There is almost nothing between these two on rating — 1371 against 1367, a gap of 4 points. Fixtures this evenly matched are where a model has least to say: the probabilities below are honest, but they are close to a coin weighted only slightly.

Cyprus are off their season peak

Cyprus peaked at 1500 this season and sit at 1371 today, 129 points below their own best. Measuring a side against itself rather than against the table is often the earlier signal, and it is not visible in a league position.

Market odds
1.59
Cyprus
3.70
Draw
5.50
Latvia
Published 6 October 2026 · aleavici-football
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