World Cup Qualifying 1998 (Latvia)1. round
- Attendance: 2500
- Referee: Guntadze Otar (GEO)
- First assistant: Mgeladze Gabriel (GEO)
- Second assistant: Mikeladze Levan (GEO)
- Fourth official: Malagouradze Merab (GEO)
- Match progress
- Match report
40 | Yellow cardAndres Oper | |
Andrejs Štolcers Igors Troickis Substitution | 56 | |
60 | SubstitutionIndrek Zelinski Kristen Viikmäe | |
Mihails ZemļinskisYellow card | 63 | |
Arturs Zakreševskis Aleksandrs Jeļisejevs Substitution | 70 | |
Oļegs Blagonadeždins Vitālijs Astafjevs Substitution | 75 | |
Jurijs ŠevļakovsYellow card | 83 | |
Mihails ZemļinskisPenalty! 1:0 | 87 |
| Oļegs Karavajevs (G) | 1 | 1 | Mart Poom (C) (G) | |
| 2 | 2 | Marek Lemsalu | |
| 3 | 3 | Urmas Kirs | |
| 4 | 4 | Sergei Hohlov-Simson | |
| 5 | 5 | Janek Meet | |
| Igors Stepanovs | 6 | 6 | Viktor Alonen | |
| Valērijs Ivanovs | 7 | 7 | Argo Arbeiter | |
| Imants Bleidelis | 8 | 8 | Andres Oper
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| Vits Rimkus | 9 | 9 | Marko Kristal | |
| Vladimirs Babičevs | 10 | 10 | Martin Reim | |
| 11 | 11 | Kristen Viikmäe
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| Reserves | ||||
| 12 | 12 | Indrek Zelinski
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| 13 | - | ||
| 14 | - | ||
| Coaches | ||||
| Jānis Gilis | Teitur Þórðarson (ISL) | |||
- In-competition stats
| 4 | Current position | 5 |
| 10 | Points | 4 |
| 10:15 | Goal difference | 4:16 |