YEREVAN. Germany had a smooth win over Armenia. Germany got an early 4-0 lead with 4 goals from K. Havertz (15′), I. Gundogan (45′) and I. Gundogan (50′). Armenia tried to recover with a goal from H. Mkhitaryan (59′). However, the match was closed by a goal (64′) scored by J. Hofmann for Germany. Germany was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (74%) was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht stadium in Yerevan on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was François Letexier assisted by Cyril Mugnier and Mehdi Rahmouni. The 4th official was Jeremy Stinat. The weather was mist. The temperature was quite cold at 2.1 degrees Celsius or 35.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Germany was in firm control of the ball 74% while Armenia was struggling with a 26% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Germany has a more offensive attitude with 100 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Germany won the match.
Armenia shot 4 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Germany shot 20 times, 9 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Armenia received 1 yellow card (T. Voskanyan). Regarding the opposition, Germany received 2 yellow cards (M. Arnold and F. Neuhaus).
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 match, Armenia will stay with 12 points to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, Germany will have 27 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
Armenia – Formation
Armenia
45'
69'
59'
Armenia started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Joaquín de Jesús Caparrós Camino decided to play with the following team: Stanislav Buchnev , David Terteryan , Varazdat Haroyan , Taron Voskanyan , André Calisir , Zhirayr Margaryan , Solomon Udo , Eduard Spertsyan , Khoren Bayramyan , Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Sargis Adamyan .
The home team had on the bench: Narek Grigoryan , Hovhannes Hambardzumyan, Arsen Beglaryan, Kamo Hovhannisyan, Artem Avanesyan, Artak Grigoryan , Norberto Briasco , Wbeymar Angulo, Lucas Zelarayán , David Yurchenko, Tigran Barseghyan and Alexander Karapetyan.
Substitutions
Armenia made 4 changes: K. Bayramyan for L. Zelarayan (69′), S. Adamyan for N. Briasco (69′), H. Mkhitaryan for N. Grigoryan (76′) and S. Udo for A. Grigoryan (84′).
Best player: Eduard Spertsyan
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Armenia was Eduard Spertsyan.
His rating is with 21 passes (61% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 7.
Germany – Formation
Germany
Germany started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Hans-Dieter Flick played with: Marc-André ter Stegen , Thilo Kehrer , Matthias Ginter , Jonathan Tah , Jonas Hofmann , Florian Neuhaus , İlkay Gündoğan , David Raum , Thomas Müller , Leroy Sané and Kai Havertz .
They had on the bench: Kevin Trapp, Kevin Volland , Lukas Nmecha , Maximilian Arnold , Ridle Baku , Julian Brandt , Bernd Leno and Christian Günter.
Substitutions
Germany made 5 changes: T. Muller for L. Nmecha (60′), L. Sane for J. Brandt (60′), I. Gundogan for M. Arnold (60′), F. Neuhaus for K. Volland (73′) and J. Hofmann for R. Baku (83′).
Best player: Jonas Hofmann
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Germany was Jonas Hofmann.
His rating is with 1 goal, 65 passes (92% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Croatia – Russia – 1-0
- Malta – Slovakia – 0-6
- Slovenia – Cyprus – 2-1
- Armenia – Germany – 1-4
- Liechtenstein – Romania – 0-2
- North Macedonia – Iceland – 3-1
- Portugal – Serbia – 1-2
- Luxembourg – Republic of Ireland – 0-3
- Greece – Kosovo – 1-1
- Spain – Sweden – 1-0
