UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Armenia vs Latvia, 2024 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying
Armenia
  • 35': Nayair Tiknizyan
  • 90'+1': Tigran Barseghyan (P)
FT
2 - 1
Latvia
  • 67': Styopa Mkrtchyan (OG)

About

Armenia are hosting Latvia at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA European Championship Qualifying.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Foul by Daniels Balodis (Latvia).
  • 3': Norberto Briasco (Armenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 5': Attempt missed. Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nair Tiknizyan.
  • 6': Foul by Andrejs Ciganiks (Latvia).
  • 6': Georgiy Harutyunyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Foul by Varazdat Haroyan (Armenia).
  • 9': Kristers Tobers (Latvia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 10': Delay in match because of an injury Varazdat Haroyan (Armenia).
  • 10': Varazdat Haroyan (Armenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 11': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 12': Artak Dashyan (Armenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 12': Foul by Roberts Uldrikis (Latvia).
  • 12': Attempt missed. Norberto Briasco (Armenia) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Artak Dashyan.
  • 17': Foul by Norberto Briasco (Armenia).
  • 17': Roberts Uldrikis (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Foul by Aleksejs Saveljevs (Latvia).
  • 18': Lucas Zelarayán (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Aleksejs Saveljevs (Latvia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Nair Tiknizyan (Armenia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Grant-Leon Ranos.
  • 21': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Roberts Savalnieks.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas Zelarayán following a corner.
  • 23': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Daniels Balodis.
  • 23': Attempt blocked. Artak Dashyan (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eduard Spertsyan.
  • 23': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Andrejs Ciganiks.
  • 26': Attempt blocked. Artak Dashyan (Armenia) left footed shot from long range on the right is blocked.
  • 27': Artak Dashyan (Armenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 27': Foul by Andrejs Ciganiks (Latvia).
  • 29': Attempt missed. Norberto Briasco (Armenia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lucas Zelarayán with a through ball.
  • 30': Delay in match because of an injury Norberto Briasco (Armenia).
  • 32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 33': Substitution, Armenia. Vahan Bichakhchyan replaces Norberto Briasco because of an injury.
  • 35': Attempt saved. Grant-Leon Ranos (Armenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vahan Bichakhchyan.
  • 35': Goal! Armenia 1, Latvia 0. Nair Tiknizyan (Armenia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Artak Dashyan with a cross.
  • 37': Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Foul by Aleksejs Saveljevs (Latvia).
  • 38': Delay in match (Armenia).
  • 38': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 40': Foul by Aleksejs Saveljevs (Latvia).
  • 40': Styopa Mkrtchyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 43': Delay in match because of an injury Marcis Oss (Latvia).
  • 45': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45': Alvis Jaunzems (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Foul by Vahan Bichakhchyan (Armenia).
  • 45'+5': First Half ends, Armenia 1, Latvia 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Armenia 1, Latvia 0.
  • 49': Attempt blocked. Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Zelarayán.
  • 49': Attempt saved. Artak Dashyan (Armenia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 51': Foul by Alvis Jaunzems (Latvia).
  • 51': Nair Tiknizyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Alvis Jaunzems (Latvia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 51': Artak Dashyan (Armenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 51': Foul by Raivis Jurkovskis (Latvia).
  • 52': Attempt saved. Vahan Bichakhchyan (Armenia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ugochukwu Iwu.
  • 54': Foul by Vladislavs Gutkovskis (Latvia).
  • 54': Styopa Mkrtchyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Raivis Jurkovskis.
  • 57': Attempt saved. Grant-Leon Ranos (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eduard Spertsyan.
  • 59': Foul by Varazdat Haroyan (Armenia).
  • 59': Roberts Uldrikis (Latvia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 62': Offside, Latvia. Andrejs Ciganiks tries a through ball, but Roberts Uldrikis is caught offside.
  • 64': Substitution, Latvia. Eduards Daskevics replaces Andrejs Ciganiks.
  • 64': Substitution, Latvia. Maksims Tonisevs replaces Alvis Jaunzems.
  • 65': Substitution, Latvia. Raimonds Krollis replaces Vladislavs Gutkovskis.
  • 66': Foul by Georgiy Harutyunyan (Armenia).
  • 66': Raimonds Krollis (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Roberts Savalnieks (Latvia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 67': Own Goal by Styopa Mkrtchyan, Armenia. Armenia 1, Latvia 1.
  • 68': Delay in match because of an injury Styopa Mkrtchyan (Armenia).
  • 70': Substitution, Latvia. Elvis Stuglis replaces Marcis Oss because of an injury.
  • 70': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 71': Attempt blocked. Artak Dashyan (Armenia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ugochukwu Iwu.
  • 72': Offside, Armenia. Ognjen Cancarevic tries a through ball, but Artak Dashyan is caught offside.
  • 74': Foul by Maksims Tonisevs (Latvia).
  • 74': Vahan Bichakhchyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Substitution, Armenia. Tigran Barseghyan replaces Grant-Leon Ranos.
  • 77': Substitution, Armenia. Artur Serobyan replaces Lucas Zelarayán.
  • 79': Attempt missed. Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Nair Tiknizyan.
  • 81': Attempt blocked. Artak Dashyan (Armenia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Artur Serobyan.
  • 81': Foul by Roberts Uldrikis (Latvia).
  • 81': Vahan Bichakhchyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 81': Roberts Uldrikis (Latvia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Tigran Barseghyan (Armenia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 83': Foul by Roberts Uldrikis (Latvia).
  • 83': Styopa Mkrtchyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Substitution, Latvia. Marko Regza replaces Roberts Uldrikis.
  • 88': Attempt blocked. Vahan Bichakhchyan (Armenia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Artak Dashyan.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 89': Attempt blocked. Ugochukwu Iwu (Armenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tigran Barseghyan.
  • 89': Penalty conceded by Kristers Tobers (Latvia) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 89': Kristers Tobers (Latvia) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 90'+1': Goal! Armenia 2, Latvia 1. Tigran Barseghyan (Armenia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Nair Tiknizyan (Armenia).
  • 90'+5': Roberts Savalnieks (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+6': Substitution, Armenia. Hovhannes Harutyunyan replaces Ugochukwu Iwu.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Armenia 2, Latvia 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Armenia 2, Latvia 1.

Statistics

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14 Fouls 6
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
0 Corner Kicks 4
4 Saves 0
33.3 Possession 66.7
1 SHOTS 21
0 ON GOAL 6
0.0 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
193 Accurate Passes 485
274 Passes 556
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 4
10 Crosses 14
0.2 Cross % 0.3
51 Long Balls 62
22 Accurate Long Balls 37
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
0 Blocked Shots 8
9 Effective Tackles 6
13 Tackles 12
0.7 Tackle % 0.5
9 Interceptions 2
18 Effective Clearances 23
18 Clearances 23

Game Information

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Venue: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
Location: Yerevan, Armenia
Attendance: 13,450

EURO Qualifying Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Turkey 8 +7 17
2 Croatia 8 +9 16
3 Wales 8 0 12
4 Armenia 8 -2 8
Full Table

Line-Ups

ARM Armenia (5-4-1)

No. Name
1 Ognjen Cancarevic (GK)
3 Varazdat Haroyan Yellow Card
5 Styopa Mkrtchyan
4 Georgii Harutyunyan
21 Nayair Tiknizyan
20 Artak Dashyan
6 Uguchukwu Iwu
8 Eduard Spertsyan
10 Lucas Zelarayán
14 Norberto Briasco
17 Grant-Leon Ranos
Armenia Substitutes:
A. Serobyan, Arsen Beglaryan, Erik Piloyan, Stanislav Buchnev, Wbeymar Angulo, Zhirayr Shaghoyan, Vahan Bichakhchyan, Tigran Barseghyan, Sergey Muradyan, Zhirayr Margaryan, David Davidyan, Hovhannes Harutyunyan.

LVA Latvia (4-4-2)

No. Name
23 Nils Purins (GK)
21 Daniels Balodis
3 Marcis Oss
13 Raivis Andris Jurkovskis
11 Roberts Savalnieks
6 Kristers Tobers Yellow Card
22 Aleksejs Saveljevs Yellow Card
14 Andrej Ciganiks
16 Alvis Jaunzems Yellow Card
9 Vladislavs Gutkovskis
20 Roberts Uldrikis Yellow Card
Latvia Substitutes:
Janis Ikaunieks, Deniss Melniks, Maksims Tonisevs, Dmitrijs Zelenkovs, Janis Beks, Marko Regza, Raimonds Krollis, Elvis Stuglis, Davis Ikaunieks, Roberts Ozols, Vladislavs Sorokins, Eduards Daskevics.

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