UEFA Nations League

Armenia vs North Macedonia, 2020-21 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage

· UEFA Nations League
Armenia
  • 55': Hovhannes Hambardzumyan
FT
1 - 0
North Macedonia

    About

    Armenia are hosting North Macedonia at GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Nations League.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Attempt missed. Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Aleksandar Trajkovski.
    • 7': Foul by Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia).
    • 7': Tigran Barseghyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Offside, North Macedonia. Visar Musliu tries a through ball, but Stefan Ristovski is caught offside.
    • 9': Foul by Solomon Ime Udo (Armenia).
    • 9': Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Ennur Totre (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 11': Foul by Hakob Hakobyan (Armenia).
    • 11': Offside, North Macedonia. Aleksandar Trajkovski tries a through ball, but Darko Velkovski is caught offside.
    • 12': Offside, Armenia. David Yurchenko tries a through ball, but Aleksandre Karapetian is caught offside.
    • 14': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by David Yurchenko.
    • 14': Foul by Darko Velkovski (North Macedonia).
    • 14': Kamo Hovhannisyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Arshak Koryan (Armenia) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is close, but misses to the right.
    • 17': Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 17': Foul by Varazdat Haroyan (Armenia).
    • 18': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 18': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by David Yurchenko.
    • 19': Foul by Artak Grigoryan (Armenia).
    • 19': Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 24': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stefan Ristovski.
    • 25': Attempt saved. Aleksandre Karapetian (Armenia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tigran Barseghyan.
    • 25': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Damjan Siskovski.
    • 25': Attempt blocked. Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Armenia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tigran Barseghyan with a cross.
    • 25': Attempt missed. Tigran Barseghyan (Armenia) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
    • 28': Hand ball by Hakob Hakobyan (Armenia).
    • 28': Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 28': Foul by Artak Grigoryan (Armenia).
    • 28': Attempt blocked. Ivan Trickovski (North Macedonia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stefan Ristovski with a cross.
    • 29': Attempt blocked. Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Visar Musliu.
    • 29': Attempt missed. Ivan Trickovski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
    • 30': Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Foul by Artak Grigoryan (Armenia).
    • 34': David Yurchenko (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Foul by Ivan Trickovski (North Macedonia).
    • 37': Ennur Totre (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 37': Foul by Kamo Hovhannisyan (Armenia).
    • 38': Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 38': Foul by Taron Voskanyan (Armenia).
    • 39': Taron Voskanyan (Armenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
    • 41': Arshak Koryan (Armenia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 41': Foul by Gjoko Zajkov (North Macedonia).
    • 41': Attempt saved. Tigran Barseghyan (Armenia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arshak Koryan.
    • 42': Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Vlatko Stojanovski.
    • 42': Attempt missed. Egzon Bejtulai (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Aleksandar Trajkovski.
    • 44': Offside, Armenia. Aleksandre Karapetian tries a through ball, but Tigran Barseghyan is caught offside.
    • 45': Attempt blocked. Tigran Barseghyan (Armenia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 45': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Visar Musliu.
    • 45'+1': Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Solomon Ime Udo (Armenia).
    • 45'+1': Solomon Ime Udo (Armenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+1': Arshak Koryan (Armenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Armenia 0, North Macedonia 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Armenia 0, North Macedonia 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Armenia. Vahan Bichakhchyan replaces Aleksandre Karapetian.
    • 45': Substitution, Armenia. Wbeymar Angulo replaces Solomon Ime Udo.
    • 47': Foul by Wbeymar Angulo (Armenia).
    • 47': Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Foul by Visar Musliu (North Macedonia).
    • 48': Tigran Barseghyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 48': Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 50': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Artak Grigoryan.
    • 52': Foul by Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia).
    • 52': Vahan Bichakhchyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Attempt missed. Ivan Trickovski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Stefan Ristovski.
    • 55': Goal! Armenia 1, North Macedonia 0. Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Armenia) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vahan Bichakhchyan.
    • 56': Foul by Tigran Barseghyan (Armenia).
    • 56': Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 56': Tigran Barseghyan (Armenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 58': Foul by Varazdat Haroyan (Armenia).
    • 58': Vlatko Stojanovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 58': Attempt blocked. Arshak Koryan (Armenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kamo Hovhannisyan.
    • 59': Artak Grigoryan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Foul by Darko Velkovski (North Macedonia).
    • 61': Hand ball by Varazdat Haroyan (Armenia).
    • 61': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 62': Offside, North Macedonia. Gjoko Zajkov tries a through ball, but Ivan Trickovski is caught offside.
    • 62': Substitution, North Macedonia. Ilija Nestorovski replaces Vlatko Stojanovski.
    • 62': Substitution, North Macedonia. Darko Micevski replaces Tihomir Kostadinov.
    • 64': Foul by Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia).
    • 64': Taron Voskanyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Substitution, Armenia. Serob Grigoryan replaces Arshak Koryan.
    • 65': Darko Velkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 65': Foul by Wbeymar Angulo (Armenia).
    • 68': Attempt missed. Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Visar Musliu.
    • 70': Substitution, Armenia. Karen Muradyan replaces Hakob Hakobyan.
    • 70': Substitution, North Macedonia. Tome Kitanovski replaces Visar Musliu.
    • 70': Substitution, North Macedonia. Ljupco Doriev replaces Stefan Ristovski because of an injury.
    • 73': Foul by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Armenia).
    • 73': Ljupco Doriev (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 74': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Vahan Bichakhchyan.
    • 74': Foul by Artak Grigoryan (Armenia).
    • 74': Ljupco Doriev (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Attempt blocked. Vahan Bichakhchyan (Armenia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wbeymar Angulo.
    • 76': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Gjoko Zajkov.
    • 76': Foul by Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia).
    • 76': Tigran Barseghyan (Armenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 78': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Gjoko Zajkov.
    • 78': Attempt blocked. Wbeymar Angulo (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 79': Attempt saved. Kamo Hovhannisyan (Armenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Vahan Bichakhchyan with a through ball.
    • 79': Attempt missed. Tigran Barseghyan (Armenia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
    • 80': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Egzon Bejtulai.
    • 84': Ennur Totre (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 84': Foul by Wbeymar Angulo (Armenia).
    • 84': Substitution, North Macedonia. Dusko Trajcevski replaces Ennur Totre.
    • 85': Offside, Armenia. Hovhannes Hambardzumyan tries a through ball, but Tigran Barseghyan is caught offside.
    • 85': Offside, North Macedonia. Ilija Nestorovski tries a through ball, but Darko Velkovski is caught offside.
    • 89': Artak Grigoryan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 89': Foul by Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia).
    • 90': Attempt missed. Dusko Trajcevski (North Macedonia) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
    • 90'+1': Substitution, Armenia. Hayk Ishkhanyan replaces Tigran Barseghyan.
    • 90'+3': Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Armenia).
    • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Vahan Bichakhchyan (Armenia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wbeymar Angulo.
    • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Darko Velkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Armenia 1, North Macedonia 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Armenia 1, North Macedonia 0.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 19
    1 Yellow Cards 4
    0 Red Cards 0
    4 Offsides 3
    4 Corner Kicks 5
    3 Saves 3
    67.6 Possession 32.4
    14 SHOTS 13
    3 ON GOAL 4
    0.2 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    487 Accurate Passes 181
    578 Passes 283
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.6
    2 Accurate Crosses 1
    27 Crosses 7
    0.1 Cross % 0.1
    66 Long Balls 48
    44 Accurate Long Balls 19
    0.7 Long Balls % 0.4
    3 Blocked Shots 6
    7 Effective Tackles 10
    16 Tackles 20
    0.4 Tackle % 0.5
    17 Interceptions 9
    16 Effective Clearances 25
    16 Clearances 25

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Nations League

    Venue: GSP Stadium
    Location: Nicosia, Cyprus

    UEFA Nations League Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Romania 6 +15 18
    2 Kosovo 6 +3 12
    3 Cyprus 6 -11 6
    4 Lithuania 6 -7 0
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    ARM Armenia (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 David Yurchenko (GK)
    4 Taron Voskanyan Yellow Card
    3 Varazdat Haroyan
    13 Kamo Hovhannisyan
    19 Hovhannes Hambardzumyan
    8 Arshak Koryan Yellow Card
    5 Artak Grigoryan
    17 Solomon Udo Yellow Card
    20 Alexander Karapetyan
    9 Hakob Hakobyan
    11 Tigran Barseghyan Yellow Card
    Armenia Substitutes:
    Wbeymar Angulo, Hayk Ishankanyan, Serob Grigoryan, Arman Hovhannisyan, Vardan Shahatuni, Andranik Voskanyan, Karen Muradyan, Vahan Bichakhchyan.

    MKD North Macedonia (3-4-1-2)

    No. Name
    22 Damjan Siskovski (GK)
    14 Darko Velkoski
    6 Visar Musliu Yellow Card
    15 Gjoko Zajkov
    11 Tihomir Kostadinov
    3 Ennur Totre
    9 Aleksandar Trajkovski
    13 Stefan Ristovski
    2 Egzon Bejtulai
    7 Ivan Trickovski
    18 Vlatko Stojanovski
    North Macedonia Substitutes:
    Tome Kitanovski, Ljupco Doriev, Darko Micevski, Ilija Nestorovski, Martin Bogatinov, Dusko Trajcevski.

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