FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Armenia vs Hungary, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA
Armenia
    FT
    0 - 1
    Hungary
    • 33': Barnabás Varga

    About

    Armenia are hosting Hungary at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Attempt missed. Bendegúz Bolla (Hungary) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Barnabás Varga.
    • 5': Foul by András Schäfer (Hungary).
    • 5': Styopa Mkrtchyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Foul by Kamo Hovhannisyan (Armenia).
    • 7': Milos Kerkez (Hungary) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 10': Corner, Hungary. Conceded by Nayair Tiknizyan.
    • 11': Corner, Hungary. Conceded by Styopa Mkrtchyan.
    • 11': Attempt missed. Barnabás Varga (Hungary) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross following a corner.
    • 12': Attempt blocked. Roland Sallai (Hungary) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Loïc Négo.
    • 13': Foul by Nayair Tiknizyan (Armenia).
    • 13': Loïc Négo (Hungary) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': András Schäfer (Hungary) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Foul by Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia).
    • 17': Foul by Erik Piloyan (Armenia).
    • 17': Roland Sallai (Hungary) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 17': Offside, Hungary. Bendegúz Bolla is caught offside.
    • 19': Attempt blocked. Dominik Szoboszlai (Hungary) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Milos Kerkez.
    • 23': Callum Styles (Hungary) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 23': Foul by Edgar Sevikyan (Armenia).
    • 25': Attempt missed. Willi Orbán (Hungary) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Loïc Négo with a cross.
    • 26': Attempt blocked. Edgar Sevikyan (Armenia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 26': András Schäfer (Hungary) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 26': Foul by Kamo Hovhannisyan (Armenia).
    • 28': Dominik Szoboszlai (Hungary) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 28': Foul by Styopa Mkrtchyan (Armenia).
    • 29': Offside, Hungary. Loïc Négo is caught offside.
    • 31': Edgar Sevikyan (Armenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 31': Foul by András Schäfer (Hungary).
    • 32': Attempt blocked. Roland Sallai (Hungary) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai.
    • 33': Attempt missed. Roland Sallai (Hungary) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bendegúz Bolla with a cross.
    • 33': Goal! Armenia 0, Hungary 1. Barnabás Varga (Hungary) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross.
    • 35': Bendegúz Bolla (Hungary) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 35': Foul by Nayair Tiknizyan (Armenia).
    • 36': Delay in match because of an injury Henri Avagyan (Armenia).
    • 38': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 39': Attempt blocked. Roland Sallai (Hungary) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai.
    • 40': Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 40': Foul by Callum Styles (Hungary).
    • 42': Foul by Bendegúz Bolla (Hungary).
    • 42': Nayair Tiknizyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Attempt saved. András Schäfer (Hungary) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Henri Avagyan (Armenia). Assisted by Loïc Négo with a cross.
    • 43': Handball by Kamo Hovhannisyan (Armenia).
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': Foul by Styopa Mkrtchyan (Armenia).
    • 45'+2': Willi Orbán (Hungary) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Armenia 0, Hungary 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins Armenia 0, Hungary 1.
    • 47': Attempt blocked. Zhirayr Shaghoyan (Armenia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kamo Hovhannisyan.
    • 48': Barnabás Varga (Hungary) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Foul by Styopa Mkrtchyan (Armenia).
    • 50': Foul by Zhirayr Shaghoyan (Armenia).
    • 50': Loïc Négo (Hungary) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Dominik Szoboszlai (Hungary) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Foul by Grant-Leon Ranos (Armenia).
    • 52': Grant-Leon Ranos (Armenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 53': Offside, Armenia. Nayair Tiknizyan is caught offside.
    • 57': Corner, Hungary. Conceded by Karen Muradyan.
    • 58': Erik Piloyan (Armenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 58': Foul by András Schäfer (Hungary).
    • 59': Attempt blocked. Grant-Leon Ranos (Armenia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nayair Tiknizyan with a cross.
    • 59': Delay in match because of an injury Kamo Hovhannisyan (Armenia).
    • 61': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 61': Substitution, Hungary. Dániel Lukács replaces Bendegúz Bolla.
    • 62': Corner, Hungary. Conceded by Sergey Muradyan.
    • 62': Corner, Hungary. Conceded by Henri Avagyan.
    • 64': Handball by Karen Muradyan (Armenia).
    • 65': Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Foul by Callum Styles (Hungary).
    • 65': Attempt saved. Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Dénes Dibusz (Hungary). Assisted by Karen Muradyan.
    • 65': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Dénes Dibusz.
    • 66': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Dominik Szoboszlai.
    • 69': Foul by András Schäfer (Hungary).
    • 69': Styopa Mkrtchyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 70': Substitution, Armenia. Narek Grigoryan replaces Zhirayr Shaghoyan.
    • 70': Offside, Armenia. Nayair Tiknizyan is caught offside.
    • 71': Substitution, Hungary. Alex Tóth replaces Roland Sallai.
    • 71': Substitution, Hungary. Milán Vitális replaces Callum Styles.
    • 72': Foul by Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia).
    • 72': Milán Vitális (Hungary) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 73': Attempt blocked. Attila Szalai (Hungary) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Willi Orbán with a headed pass.
    • 75': Corner, Hungary. Conceded by Nayair Tiknizyan.
    • 76': Substitution, Armenia. Artur Serobyan replaces Grant-Leon Ranos.
    • 76': Substitution, Armenia. Arayik Eloyan replaces Edgar Sevikyan.
    • 77': Substitution, Armenia. Karen Nalbandyan replaces Kamo Hovhannisyan.
    • 77': Attempt missed. Alex Tóth (Hungary) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Barnabás Varga.
    • 79': Artur Serobyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 79': Foul by Milos Kerkez (Hungary).
    • 79': Offside, Armenia. Arayik Eloyan is caught offside.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Nayair Tiknizyan (Armenia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Arayik Eloyan.
    • 82': Erik Piloyan (Armenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 82': Foul by András Schäfer (Hungary).
    • 83': András Schäfer (Hungary) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 85': Corner, Hungary. Conceded by Sergey Muradyan.
    • 85': Attempt saved. Barnabás Varga (Hungary) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Henri Avagyan (Armenia). Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross.
    • 86': Foul by Narek Grigoryan (Armenia).
    • 86': Willi Orbán (Hungary) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Substitution, Hungary. Zsolt Nagy replaces Milos Kerkez.
    • 87': Foul by Milán Vitális (Hungary).
    • 87': Styopa Mkrtchyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Attila Szalai (Hungary) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Foul by Arayik Eloyan (Armenia).
    • 90': Substitution, Armenia. Narek Aghasaryan replaces Karen Muradyan.
    • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+2': Dániel Lukács (Hungary) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Sergey Muradyan (Armenia).
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Dominik Szoboszlai (Hungary) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
    • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Arayik Eloyan (Armenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Artur Serobyan.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Armenia 0, Hungary 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Armenia 0, Hungary 1.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 18
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 3
    7 Corner Kicks 2
    1 Saves 2
    52.2 Possession 47.8
    14 SHOTS 6
    3 ON GOAL 1
    0.2 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    356 Accurate Passes 341
    438 Passes 415
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    10 Accurate Crosses 2
    27 Crosses 8
    0.4 Cross % 0.3
    64 Long Balls 48
    36 Accurate Long Balls 21
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
    5 Blocked Shots 3
    8 Effective Tackles 10
    13 Tackles 17
    0.6 Tackle % 0.6
    11 Interceptions 6
    16 Effective Clearances 20
    16 Clearances 20

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

    Venue: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
    Location: Yerevan, Armenia
    Attendance: 14,247

    WCQ - UEFA Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Portugal 6 +13 13
    2 Republic of Ireland 6 +2 10
    3 Hungary 6 +1 8
    4 Armenia 6 -16 3
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    ARM Armenia (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    16 Henri Avagyan (GK)
    5 Styopa Mkrtchyan
    2 Sergey Muradyan
    21 Nayair Tiknizyan
    3 Erik Piloyan
    20 Karen Muradyan
    8 Eduard Spertsyan
    13 Kamo Hovhannisyan
    17 Grant-Leon Ranos Yellow Card
    10 Zhirayr Shaghoyan
    7 Edgar Sevikyan
    Armenia Substitutes:
    Arsen Beglaryan, Narek Aghasaryan, Artur Serobyan, Edgar Grigoryan, Arayik Eloyan, Georgii Harutyunyan, Karen Nalbandyan, Gor Manvelyan, Gevorg Tarakhchyan, Narek Grigoryan, Ognjen Cancarevic, Artyom Bandikyan.

    HUN Hungary (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Dénes Dibusz (GK)
    4 Attila Szalai
    6 Willi Orbán
    11 Milos Kerkez
    7 Loïc Négo
    17 Callum Styles
    10 Dominik Szoboszlai
    13 András Schäfer Yellow Card
    19 Barnabás Varga
    20 Roland Sallai
    14 Bendegúz Bolla
    Hungary Substitutes:
    Daniel Lukacs, Zsombor Gruber, Áron Csongvai, Patrik Demjen, Alex Tóth, Botond Balogh, Attila Osvath, Damir Redzic, Márton Dárdai, Milán Vitális, Péter Szappanos, Zsolt Nagy.

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