The hosts took the lead with a goal from their record goalscorer, Mario Frick, midway through the first half.

And though Latvia had a number of chances to level matters, they could not find a way past Peter Jehle in the home goal.

The match started at a ferocious pace with the visitors creating two good chances in the opening five minutes.

First Aleksejs Visnjakovs fired wide from 20 yards, before Igors Stepanovs volleyed Juris Laizans` free-kick past the right-hand post from just six yards out.

At the other end, Franz Burgmeier found himself in on goal but saw his close-range strike held by Aleksandrs Kolinko.

Latvia continued to waste chances, with Marian Pahars failing to find the target from the six-yard box, before Laizans tested Jehle from long-range.

And the visitors came to rue their profligacy, when Liechtenstein took the lead after 17 minutes.

Martin Buechel picked up possession on the left-hand side, before finding Frick who converted from inside the box.

Again Latvia went on the attack and Laizans` shot from the edge of the area was held by Jehle.

Oskars Klava missed a good chance to equalise when he nodded Laizans` corner wide of goal from close range.

Kolinko, meanwhile, was equal to efforts from Burgmeier and Buechel, before keeping out a Thomas Beck free-kick.

The second half began in much the same vein as the first, with Laizans squandering a chance from inside the box and Kolinko keeping out a long-range effort from Pahars.

For the hosts, Frick fired wide, before seeing his header saved by Kolinko.

After 57 minutes, Viktors Morozs tested Jehle from inside the box, but saw his shot held by the 25-year-old stopper.

As the half progressed, chances became fewer and further between as Liechtenstein sensed their first win of the campaign.

But Latvia pressed hard in the last 10 minutes and saw Visnjakovs and Deniss Kacanovs spurn chances.

Their pressure was to no avail, though, as Liechtenstein held on for a rare victory and their first points of the campaign.