YEREVAN. North Macedonia had an adventurous win over Armenia. The hero of the match was who scored in the 66th, 36th, 22nd, 90th and 79th minute.
The match was played at the Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht stadium in Yerevan on Thursday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was José María Sánchez Martínez assisted by Raúl Cabañero Martínez and Roberto Alonso Fernández. The 4th official was Juan Martínez Munuera. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.1 degrees Celsius or 42.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
- 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
- 7 Total 8
- 1 On Target 6
- 4 Off Target 2
- 2 Shots blocked 0
- 129 Attack 117
- 50 Dangerous attack 32
- 62 Ball safe 72
- 0 Penalties 2
- 5 Corners 3
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 8 Total 9
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Armenia was in firm control of the ball 55% while North Macedonia was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Armenia was was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, North Macedonia managed to find the solution to win this match.
Armenia shot 7 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, North Macedonia shot 8 times, 6 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Armenia didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, North Macedonia received 1 yellow card (T. Kostadinov).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After this encounter, Armenia will stay with 12 points to remain in the 4th place. On the opposite side, North Macedonia will have 15 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Armenia will host Germany on the 14th of November with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Germany (0 draws).
North Macedonia will host Iceland on the 14th of November with a 1-1 head to head.
Armenia – Formation
Armenia
46'
Armenia started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Joaquín de Jesús Caparrós Camino decided to play with the following team: David Yurchenko , David Terteryan , Hovhannes Hambardzumyan , André Calisir , Kamo Hovhannisyan , Solomon Udo , Erik Vardanyan , Tigran Barseghyan , Lucas Zelarayán , Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Norberto Briasco .
The home team had on the bench: Alexander Karapetyan, Wbeymar Angulo, Ishkhan Geloyan , Narek Grigoryan , Vahan Bichakhchyan , Stanislav Buchnev, Hovhannes Nazaryan, Khoren Bayramyan, Artak Grigoryan , Arsen Beglaryan, Zhirayr Margaryan and Jordy Ararat.
Substitutions
Armenia made 5 changes: K. Hovhannisyan for Z. Margaryan (46′), E. Vardanyan for A. Grigoryan (46′), N. Briasco for I. Geloyan (73′), T. Barseghyan for N. Grigoryan (73′) and L. Zelarayan for V. Bichakhchyan (77′).
Best player: Tigran Barseghyan
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Armenia was Tigran Barseghyan.
His rating is with 37 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.
North Macedonia – Formation
North Macedonia
53'
36', 66', 90'
North Macedonia started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Blagoja Milevski played with: Stole Dimitrievski , Stefan Aškovski , Darko Velkovski , Visar Musliu , Ezgjan Alioski , Tihomir Kostadinov , Darko Churlinov , Eljif Elmas , Enis Bardhi , Aleksandar Trajkovski and Milan Ristovski .
These were the players on the bench: Stefan Spirovski , Risto Jankov, Jani Atanasov, Kire Ristevski , Ennur Totre, Gjoko Zajkov, Nikola Serafimov, Damjan Shishkovski, Dorian Babunski, Todor Todoroski , Bojan Miovski and Valon Ethemi.
Substitutions
North Macedonia made 4 changes: A. Trajkovski for S. Spirovski (64′), D. Churlinov for K. Ristevski (77′), E. Elmas for B. Miovski (83′) and S. Ashkovski for T. Todoroski (84′).
Best player: Darko Velkovski
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for North Macedonia was Darko Velkovski even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 69 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 1.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Azerbaijan – Luxembourg – 1-3
- Russia – Cyprus – 6-0
- Armenia – North Macedonia – 0-5
- Georgia – Sweden – 2-0
- Republic of Ireland – Portugal – 0-0
- Malta – Croatia – 1-7
- Slovakia – Slovenia – 2-2
- Germany – Liechtenstein – 9-0
- Romania – Iceland – 0-0
- Greece – Spain – 0-1
