UEFA Nations League

Latvia

FIFA #137 · 1-1-4
Ugh, no.
Latvia lost to Armenia
Armenia2-1-3 2 – 1 Latvia1-1-4
FT · Sun, Nov 17

Match Details

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Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Latvia 1, Armenia 2.
  • 90'+6'Second Half ends, Latvia 1, Armenia 2.
  • 90'+5'Gor Manvelyan (Armenia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+5'Foul by Renars Varslavans (Latvia).
  • 90'Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 90'Hand ball by Renars Varslavans (Latvia).
  • 89'Narek Grigoryan (Armenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 89'Roberts Uldrikis (Latvia) is shown the yellow card.
  • 89'Roberts Uldrikis (Latvia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 89'Foul by Narek Grigoryan (Armenia).
  • 87'Attempt missed. Nair Tiknizyan (Armenia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Gor Manvelyan following a corner.
  • 86'Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Andrejs Ciganiks.

Line Score

12T
ARM 02 2
LVA 01 1

Match Leaders

Armenia
Latvia

Key Events

89'Narek Grigoryan (Armenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
89'Roberts Uldrikis (Latvia) is shown the yellow card.
84'Substitution, Armenia. André Calisir replaces Lucas Zelarayán because of an injury.
82'Substitution, Latvia. Lukass Vapne replaces Kristers Tobers because of an injury.
76'Substitution, Latvia. Raimonds Krollis replaces Raivis Jurkovskis.
74'Goal! Latvia 1, Armenia 2. Artur Miranyan (Armenia) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
73'Roberts Savalnieks (Latvia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
70'Goal! Latvia 1, Armenia 1. Roberts Uldrikis (Latvia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dmitrijs Zelenkovs.
67'Substitution, Latvia. Eduards Daskevics replaces Janis Ikaunieks.
67'Substitution, Latvia. Roberts Uldrikis replaces Vladislavs Gutkovskis.
67'Substitution, Latvia. Roberts Savalnieks replaces Aleksejs Saveljevs.
63'Substitution, Armenia. Artur Miranyan replaces Grant-Leon Ranos.
63'Substitution, Armenia. Narek Grigoryan replaces Vahan Bichakhchyan.
48'Goal! Latvia 0, Armenia 1. Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Lucas Zelarayán with a cross following a corner.
45'Substitution, Armenia. Gor Manvelyan replaces Solomon Udo.

Team Stats

ArmeniaLatvia
General
49 Possession % 51
15 Shots 8
5 On Target 2
0 Offsides 2
9 Corners 0
9 Fouls 9
Passing & Defense
317 Passes Completed 322
5 Crosses Won 6
8 Tackles Won 7
14 Interceptions 6
24 Clearances 16
Discipline
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Saves 3

Recent Form

Latvia L W L D L
Armenia W L D L L

Starting Lineups

Armenia4-3-3
1 Cancarevic
4 Harutyunyan 3 Haroyan 13 Muradyan 21 Tiknizyan
6 Iwu 5 Udo 8 Spertsyan 48'
23 Bichakhchyan 17 Ranos 10 Zelarayán A
9 Gutkovskis 10 Ikaunieks
8 Varslavans 22 Saveljevs 15 Zelenkovs A
14 Ciganiks 2 Balodis 5 Cernomordijs 6 Tobers 13 Jurkovskis
23 Matrevics
Latvia5-3-2
Full lineups and substitutes

Latvia

  1. RM #23 Rihards MatrevicsG
  2. AC #5 Antonijs CernomordijsCD
  3. DB #2 Daniels BalodisCD-L
  4. KT #6 Kristers TobersCD-R
  5. AC #14 Andrej CiganiksLB
  6. RA #13 Raivis Andris JurkovskisRB
  7. AS #22 Aleksejs SaveljevsCM
  8. RV #8 Renars VarslavansCM-L
  9. DZ #15 Dmitrijs ZelenkovsCM-R
  10. VG #9 Vladislavs GutkovskisCF-L
  11. JI #10 Janis IkaunieksCF-R
Substitutes · 5 used

Armenia

  1. OC #1 Ognjen CancarevicG
  2. SM #13 Sergey MuradyanCD-L
  3. VH #3 Varazdat HaroyanCD-R
  4. NT #21 Nayair TiknizyanLB
  5. GH #4 Georgii HarutyunyanRB
  6. SU #5 Solomon UdoCM
  7. ES #8 Eduard SpertsyanLM48'
  8. UI #6 Uguchukwu IwuRM
  9. GR #17 Grant-Leon RanosF
  10. #10 Lucas ZelarayánLF
  11. VB #23 Vahan BichakhchyanRF
Substitutes · 4 used

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