REYKJAVíK. Armenia and Iceland draw 1-1. K. Hovhannisyan scored the first goal (35′) for Armenia. I. Johannesson settled the score 1-1 (77′).
The match was played at the Laugardalsvöllur stadium in Reykjavík on Friday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Nikola Dabanović who had the assistance of Milovan Đukić and Vladan Todorović. The 4th official was Miloš Bošković. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.3 degrees Celsius or 48.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Iceland was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Armenia that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Iceland was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. However, that was not enough Iceland to win the match.
Iceland shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Armenia shot 11 times, 1 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Iceland received 3 yellow cards (I. Johannesson, A. Skulason and B. Saevarsson). On the opposite side, Armenia received 1 yellow card (E. Spertsyan).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After playing this match, Iceland will have 5 points to stay in the 5th place. On the other side, Armenia will have 12 points like North Macedonia to stay in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Iceland will host Liechtenstein on the 11th of October with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Iceland (2 draws).
Armenia will play away agasint Romania on the 11th of October with a 4-1 head to head stats in favor of Romania (1 draw).
Iceland – Formation
Iceland
69'
68'
77'
Iceland started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Arnar Viðarsson decided to play with the following team: Elías Rafn Ólafsson , Birkir Már Sævarsson , Hjörtur Hermannsson , Brynjar Ingi Bjarnason , Ari Freyr Skúlason , Birkir Bjarnason , Victor Pálsson , Þórir Jóhann Helgason , Albert Guðmundsson , Viðar Örn Kjartansson and Jón Dagur Þórsteinsson .
The home team had on the bench: Alfons Sampsted, Elías Már Ómarsson, Stefán Teitur Þórðarson, Mikael Anderson , Gudmundur Thórarinsson, Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen , Daniel Leo Gretarsson , Patrik Sigurdur Gunnarsson, Ari Leifsson, Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson , Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson and Mikael Ellertsson.
Substitutions
Iceland made 5 changes: V. Kjartansson for I. Johannesson (46′), B. I. Bjarnason for D. Gretarsson (46′), H. Hermannsson for S. Gudjohnsen (68′), J. D. Thorsteinsson for M. Anderson (81′) and T. Helgason for M. E. Ellertsson (90′).
Best player: Jón Dagur Þórsteinsson
The player that probably impressed the most for Iceland was Jón Dagur Þórsteinsson.
His rating is with 19 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.
Armenia – Formation
Armenia
Armenia started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the other side, Joaquín de Jesús Caparrós Camino played with: David Yurchenko , David Terteryan , Varazdat Haroyan , Taron Voskanyan , Kamo Hovhannisyan , Tigran Barseghyan , Solomon Udo , Eduard Spertsyan , Henrikh Mkhitaryan , Sargis Adamyan and Lucas Zelarayán .
They had on the bench: Anatoly Ayvazov, Erik Vardanyan, Artem Avanesyan, Khoren Bayramyan , Stanislav Buchnev, Karen Muradyan, Artak Grigoryan , Zhirayr Margaryan, Ishkhan Geloyan, Alexander Karapetyan , Jordy Ararat and Hrayr Mkoyan.
Substitutions
Armenia made 4 changes: L. Zelarayan for K. Bayramyan (64′), S. Adamyan for A. Karapetyan (78′), E. Spertsyan for A. Grigoryan (78′) and T. Barseghyan for I. Geloyan (87′).
Best player: Henrikh Mkhitaryan
The player that probably impressed the most for Armenia was Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
His rating is with 50 passes (80% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Liechtenstein – North Macedonia – 0-4
- Iceland – Armenia – 1-1
- Germany – Romania – 2-1
- Russia – Slovakia – 1-0
- Malta – Slovenia – 0-4
- Cyprus – Croatia – 0-3
- Turkey – Norway – 1-1
- Gibraltar – Montenegro – 0-3
- Latvia – Netherlands – 0-1
- Estonia – Belarus – 2-0
- Czech Republic – Wales – 2-2
