Armenia finished their Nations League group the way much of their campaign went: with chances and no reward. Yeghishe Melikyan's side took 18 shots in Riga on Sunday, six of them on target, and still left Skonto Stadium with a 0-0 draw against a Latvia team that ends League C Group 2 without a win.

A final day with nothing left to decide

The game carried no table stakes. UEFA had already confirmed every position in the group before kickoff: Montenegro as winners and promoted to League B, Cyprus second and headed for the League B/C play-offs, Armenia third and Latvia fourth, with both staying in League C. Montenegro completed their run with a 4-1 win in Cyprus at the same time, finishing on 16 points out of a possible 18.

That left Riga as a game about pride in front of 5,355 fans, and Armenia were the side that pushed for it. They just never found the finish, the same problem that defined their autumn.

Armenia's numbers tell the story

Armenia end the group with one win, three draws and two defeats, six points, five goals scored and six conceded. Three draws in six games, including a 1-1 at home to Cyprus on Thursday and Sunday's goalless night, show a team that was rarely blown away but rarely turned pressure into wins.

Third place keeps them in League C for the next edition, which is the same outcome as fourth place. In practical terms, finishing above Latvia changes nothing about where Armenia play next time.

Latvia: two points, no wins, no drop

Latvia close the campaign with two draws and four defeats, three goals scored and eight conceded. Under the current format, finishing last in this group does not send them down, so the 0-0 lets them end a winless run with a clean sheet rather than a relegation.

The clean sheet matters for a team that scored only three times in six games. Against 18 shots, Latvia defended their box well enough to take a point they did not need for the table but did need for morale.

For Armenia, the takeaway goes straight into March's European Championship qualifiers: the chances are there, and the goals have to follow.