FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Saturday, September 6, 2025
Portugal DLWWW 5
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Armenia WLLLD 0
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ARM000
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium · 14,403 att.

Match Report

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Ronaldo reaches 140 Portugal goals in WCQ rout of Armenia

Cristiano Ronaldo's quest to play in a record sixth World Cup began with two goals as Portugal made a winning start to qualifying by routing Armenia 5-0.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
4
70.8
Possession
29.2
24
SHOTS
7
9
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
590
Accurate Passes
221
634
Passes
263
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
11
Accurate Crosses
0
18
Crosses
4
0.6
Cross %
0.0
39
Long Balls
38
29
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
14
11
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
4
Interceptions
10
10
Effective Clearances
22
10
Clearances
22

Head to Head

POR leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

ARM · 5-3-2

  1. 16Henri AvagyanG
  2. 2Sergey MuradyanCD
  3. 3Erik PiloyanCD-L
  4. 4Georgii HarutyunyanCD-R
  5. 21Nayair TiknizyanLB
  6. 13Kamo HovhannisyanRB
  7. 6Uguchukwu IwuCM
  8. 8Eduard SpertsyanCM-L
  9. 23Vahan BichakhchyanCM-R
  10. 10Lucas ZelarayánCF-L
  11. 11Tigran BarseghyanCF-R

POR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Diogo CostaG
  2. 14Gonçalo InácioCD-L
  3. 3Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 19Nuno MendesLB
  5. 20João CanceloRB
  6. 8Bruno FernandesAM
  7. 23VitinhaLM
  8. 15João NevesRM
  9. 7Cristiano RonaldoF
  10. 11João FélixAM-L
  11. 18Pedro NetoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Armenia 0, Portugal 1. João Félix (Portugal) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by João Cancelo with a cross.
  2. 21' Goal! Armenia 0, Portugal 2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pedro Neto with a cross.
  3. 26' Erik Piloyan (Armenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 32' Goal! Armenia 0, Portugal 3. João Cancelo (Portugal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Portugal. Trincão replaces Pedro Neto.
  6. 46' Goal! Armenia 0, Portugal 4. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a fast break.
  7. 58' Substitution, Portugal. Gonçalo Ramos replaces Cristiano Ronaldo.
  8. 60' Substitution, Armenia. Edgar Sevikyan replaces Vahan Bichakhchyan.
  9. 60' Substitution, Armenia. Grant-Leon Ranos replaces Lucas Zelarayán.
  10. 61' Goal! Armenia 0, Portugal 5. João Félix (Portugal) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  11. 67' Substitution, Portugal. Nuno Tavares replaces Nuno Mendes.
  12. 67' Substitution, Portugal. Pote replaces João Félix.
  13. 79' Substitution, Portugal. João Palhinha replaces João Cancelo.
  14. 79' Substitution, Armenia. Zhirayr Shaghoyan replaces Tigran Barseghyan.
  15. 79' Substitution, Armenia. Edgar Grigoryan replaces Nair Tiknizyan.
  16. 86' Substitution, Armenia. Narek Aghasaryan replaces Ugochukwu Iwu.

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