UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Finland vs Armenia, 2020 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying
Finland
  • 31': Fredrik Jensen
  • 61': Teemu Pukki
  • 88': Teemu Pukki
FT
3 - 0
Armenia

    Pukki brace puts Finland on brink of historic Euro qualification with win over Armenia

    Finland picked up a crucial home win in their quest to qualify for Euro 2020 as Teemu Pukki netted a brace to down Armenia 3-0 in Turku on Tuesday.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Jukka Raitala (Finland).
    • 1': Gevorg Ghazaryan (Armenia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 2': Foul by Sauli Väisänen (Finland).
    • 2': Tigran Barseghyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 4': Attempt missed. Tigran Barseghyan (Armenia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right from a direct free kick.
    • 5': Foul by Lassi Lappalainen (Finland).
    • 5': Rumyan Hovsepyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Foul by Joni Kauko (Finland).
    • 9': Gevorg Ghazaryan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 10': Foul by Arman Hovhannisyan (Armenia).
    • 10': Robin Lod (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 10': Attempt blocked. Teemu Pukki (Finland) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Jukka Raitala.
    • 10': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Varazdat Haroyan.
    • 11': Attempt missed. Joni Kauko (Finland) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Sauli Väisänen with a cross following a corner.
    • 14': Offside, Finland. Fredrik Jensen tries a through ball, but Jere Uronen is caught offside.
    • 16': Foul by Varazdat Haroyan (Armenia).
    • 16': Teemu Pukki (Finland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 17': Attempt blocked. Joona Toivio (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 17': Foul by Robin Lod (Finland).
    • 17': Tigran Barseghyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Foul by Jukka Raitala (Finland).
    • 18': Sargis Adamyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 22': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Sargis Adamyan.
    • 22': Attempt blocked. Joona Toivio (Finland) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Fredrik Jensen.
    • 24': Attempt saved. Rumyan Hovsepyan (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tigran Barseghyan.
    • 24': Foul by Hayk Ishkhanyan (Armenia).
    • 24': Teemu Pukki (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 27': Attempt blocked. Gevorg Ghazaryan (Armenia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tigran Barseghyan.
    • 27': Attempt saved. Tigran Barseghyan (Armenia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sargis Adamyan.
    • 28': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan.
    • 29': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Gevorg Ghazaryan.
    • 30': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan.
    • 31': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Varazdat Haroyan.
    • 31': Goal! Finland 1, Armenia 0. Fredrik Jensen (Finland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner following a corner.
    • 33': Attempt saved. Robin Lod (Finland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Glen Kamara.
    • 33': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Aram Hayrapetyan.
    • 33': Attempt saved. Sauli Väisänen (Finland) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lassi Lappalainen with a cross.
    • 33': Attempt missed. Teemu Pukki (Finland) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
    • 33': Foul by Teemu Pukki (Finland).
    • 33': Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Foul by Fredrik Jensen (Finland).
    • 39': Rumyan Hovsepyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Attempt blocked. Sargis Adamyan (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gevorg Ghazaryan.
    • 39': Foul by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Armenia).
    • 39': Jere Uronen (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Armenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Teemu Pukki (Finland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lassi Lappalainen following a fast break.
    • 44': Foul by Tigran Barseghyan (Armenia).
    • 44': Jere Uronen (Finland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45': Attempt blocked. Robin Lod (Finland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Hayk Ishkhanyan (Armenia).
    • 45'+1': Fredrik Jensen (Finland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Finland 1, Armenia 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Finland 1, Armenia 0.
    • 48': Foul by Tigran Barseghyan (Armenia).
    • 48': Jere Uronen (Finland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 49': Attempt blocked. Fredrik Jensen (Finland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Teemu Pukki.
    • 50': Attempt saved. Lassi Lappalainen (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jere Uronen.
    • 50': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Hayk Ishkhanyan.
    • 51': Foul by Arman Hovhannisyan (Armenia).
    • 51': Robin Lod (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 51': Foul by Jukka Raitala (Finland).
    • 51': Gevorg Ghazaryan (Armenia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 52': Attempt missed. Gevorg Ghazaryan (Armenia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Arman Hovhannisyan.
    • 53': Substitution, Finland. Joel Pohjanpalo replaces Fredrik Jensen.
    • 54': Foul by Sargis Adamyan (Armenia).
    • 54': Robin Lod (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Sargis Adamyan (Armenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 55': Hand ball by Teemu Pukki (Finland).
    • 59': Attempt blocked. Aleksandre Karapetian (Armenia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sargis Adamyan.
    • 59': Attempt saved. Teemu Pukki (Finland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Glen Kamara.
    • 60': Offside, Armenia. Arman Hovhannisyan tries a through ball, but Aleksandre Karapetian is caught offside.
    • 61': Substitution, Finland. Pyry Soiri replaces Lassi Lappalainen.
    • 61': Goal! Finland 2, Armenia 0. Teemu Pukki (Finland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Joel Pohjanpalo with a through ball.
    • 62': Foul by Teemu Pukki (Finland).
    • 62': Hayk Ishkhanyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 63': Foul by Joni Kauko (Finland).
    • 63': Rumyan Hovsepyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 65': Substitution, Armenia. Aras Özbiliz replaces Tigran Barseghyan.
    • 67': Foul by Arman Hovhannisyan (Armenia).
    • 67': Robin Lod (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Foul by Varazdat Haroyan (Armenia).
    • 67': Joel Pohjanpalo (Finland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 72': Substitution, Armenia. Gor Malakyan replaces Artak G. Grigoryan.
    • 73': Foul by Robin Lod (Finland).
    • 73': Rumyan Hovsepyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Attempt blocked. Gor Malakyan (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sargis Adamyan.
    • 76': Foul by Varazdat Haroyan (Armenia).
    • 76': Teemu Pukki (Finland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 76': Varazdat Haroyan (Armenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 77': Substitution, Armenia. Edgar Babayan replaces Gevorg Ghazaryan.
    • 77': Attempt saved. Joona Toivio (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 77': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Aram Hayrapetyan.
    • 79': Foul by Teemu Pukki (Finland).
    • 79': Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Aras Özbiliz (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Edgar Babayan.
    • 81': Foul by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Armenia).
    • 81': Joni Kauko (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Foul by Teemu Pukki (Finland).
    • 84': Gor Malakyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Attempt missed. Arman Hovhannisyan (Armenia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Edgar Babayan.
    • 86': Hand ball by Rumyan Hovsepyan (Armenia).
    • 87': Substitution, Finland. Rasmus Schüller replaces Glen Kamara.
    • 87': Foul by Sargis Adamyan (Armenia).
    • 87': Pyry Soiri (Finland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 88': Goal! Finland 3, Armenia 0. Teemu Pukki (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rasmus Schüller with a through ball.
    • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Sargis Adamyan (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rumyan Hovsepyan.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Armenia).
    • 90'+3': Pyry Soiri (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Finland 3, Armenia 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Finland 3, Armenia 0.

    Statistics

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    16 Fouls 15
    3 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 1
    0 Corner Kicks 9
    5 Saves 2
    38.6 Possession 61.4
    11 SHOTS 16
    2 ON GOAL 8
    0.2 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    266 Accurate Passes 454
    354 Passes 548
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    1 Accurate Crosses 3
    4 Crosses 18
    0.3 Cross % 0.2
    57 Long Balls 46
    25 Accurate Long Balls 21
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
    5 Blocked Shots 5
    16 Effective Tackles 10
    32 Tackles 12
    0.5 Tackle % 0.8
    9 Interceptions 14
    21 Effective Clearances 8
    21 Clearances 8

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

    Venue: Veritas Stadion
    Location: Turku, Finland
    Attendance: 7,231

    EURO Qualifying Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Portugal 10 +34 30
    2 Slovakia 10 +9 22
    3 Luxembourg 10 -6 17
    4 Iceland 10 +1 10
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    Line-Ups

    FIN Finland (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Lukas Hradecky (GK)
    15 Sauli Väisänen
    4 Joona Toivio
    18 Jere Uronen
    22 Jukka Raitala
    6 Glen Kamara
    19 Joni Kauko
    21 Lassi Lappalainen
    8 Robin Lod
    9 Fredrik Jensen
    10 Teemu Pukki
    Finland Substitutes:
    Leo Väisänen, Juha Pirinen, Joel Pohjanpalo, Petteri Forsell, Albin Granlund, Rasmus Schüller, Tim Sparv, Jasse Tuominen, Jesse Joronen, Simon Skrabb, Pyry Soiri, Anssi Jaakkola.

    ARM Armenia (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    16 Aram Airapetyan (GK)
    15 Hayk Ishankanyan
    3 Varazdat Haroyan Yellow Card
    14 Arman Hovhannisyan
    19 Hovhannes Hambardzumyan Yellow Card
    10 Gevorg Ghazaryan
    5 Artak Grigoryan
    21 Rumyan Hovsepyan
    20 Alexander Karapetyan
    22 Sargis Adamyan Yellow Card
    11 Tigran Barseghyan
    Armenia Substitutes:
    Artak Edigaryan, Aras Özbiliz, Edgar Babayan, Gor Malakyan, Arsen Beglaryan, Marcos Pineiro Pizzelli, Erik Vardanyan, André Calisir, Taron Voskanyan, Henri Avagyan, Petros Avetisyan, Jordy Monroy.

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