FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Saturday, October 8, 2016
Romania WLDLD 5
–
Armenia DWWLL 0
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ROU415
ARM000
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium · 5,500 att.

Match Report

Romania rout 10-man Armenia for victory in qualifier

Romania cruised to their first win of the new World Cup qualifying campaign with a 5-0 win over 10-man Armenia in Yerevan.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
5
71.2
Possession
28.8
21
SHOTS
10
10
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
748
Accurate Passes
256
820
Passes
331
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
0
12
Crosses
3
0.3
Cross %
0.0
61
Long Balls
55
52
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.9
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
11
13
Tackles
12
0.9
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
2
Effective Clearances
11
2
Clearances
12

Head to Head

ROU leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

ARM · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Arsen BeglaryanG
  2. Gaël AndonianCD-L
  3. Varazdat HaroyanCD-R
  4. Levon HayrapetyanLB
  5. Hrayr MkoyanRB
  6. Marcos Pineiro PizzelliAM
  7. Gor MalakyanLM
  8. Artak GrigoryanRM
  9. 95Vardan PogosyanF
  10. David ManoyanAM-L
  11. Aras ÖzbilizAM-R

ROU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Ciprian TatarusanuG
  2. 21Dragos GrigoreCD-L
  3. 22Cristian SapunaruCD-R
  4. 3Iasmin LatovleviciLB
  5. 2Romario BenzarRB
  6. 23Nicolae StanciuAM
  7. 5Ovidiu HobanLM
  8. 14Razvan MarinRM
  9. 19Bogdan StancuF
  10. 7Alexandru ChipciuAM-L
  11. 8Adrian PopaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Gor Malakyan (Armenia) is shown the red card.
  2. 4' Goal! Armenia 0, Romania 1. Bogdan Stancu (Romania) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 10' Goal! Armenia 0, Romania 2. Adrian Popa (Romania) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolae Stanciu with a through ball.
  4. 11' Goal! Armenia 0, Romania 3. Razvan Marin (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolae Stanciu.
  5. 29' Goal! Armenia 0, Romania 4. Nicolae Stanciu (Romania) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Bogdan Stancu.
  6. 32' Artak G. Grigoryan (Armenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 34' Substitution, Armenia. Karen Muradyan replaces Vardan Poghosyan.
  8. 39' Substitution, Armenia. Taron Voskanyan replaces Gael Andonian because of an injury.
  9. 57' Substitution, Romania. Claudiu Keseru replaces Bogdan Stancu.
  10. 59' Goal! Armenia 0, Romania 5. Alexandru Chipciu (Romania) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Razvan Marin.
  11. 64' Substitution, Armenia. Kamo Hovhannisyan replaces Aras Özbiliz.
  12. 68' Substitution, Romania. Dorin Rotariu replaces Alexandru Chipciu.
  13. 82' Substitution, Romania. Eric Bicfalvi replaces Nicolae Stanciu.

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