Portugal vs Armenia
Ref: I. Peljto
Match recap
Portugal beat Armenia 9–1 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Veiga, Ramos, João Neves, João Neves, Bruno Fernandes, Bruno Fernandes, Bruno Fernandes, João Neves, and Conceição scored for Portugal; Spertsyan replied for Armenia. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 5.80 for Portugal versus 0.62 for Armenia.
First Half
⚽
Veiga
18'
⚽
Spertsyan
Assist: Ranos
⚽
Ramos
⚽
João Neves
⚽
João Neves
⚽
Bruno Fernandes
Penalty
Second Half
46'
⇄
Aghasaryan
46'
⇄
Serobyan
⚽
Bruno Fernandes
Assist: Ramos
55'
⇄
Piloyan
⇄
Silva
⇄
Rafael Leão
65'
⇄
Ranos
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Vitinha
70'
Muradyan
Yellow Card
⚽
Bruno Fernandes
Penalty
⇄
Dias
⇄
João Cancelo
⚽
João Neves
Assist: Semedo
82'
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Muradyan
⚽
Conceição
Assist: Félix
Match Statistics
PortugalArmenia
13Won
Statistical edge
13–2
battles won across 15 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
5.80VS0.62
Attack6 · 0 won
34
Shots
4
15
Shots on target
2
24
Shots in the box
2
10
Shots outside box
2
11
Shots off goal
1
7
Corners
1
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
76%
Possession
24%
659
Total passes
214
598
Accurate passes
160
91%
Pass accuracy
75%
Discipline2 · 1 won
7
Fouls
10
0
Yellow cards
1
3
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
1
Goalkeeper saves
6
8
Blocked shots
1
Portugal
4-2-3-1
Portugal
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1Diogo CostaG
- 2Nélson SemedoD
- 3Rúben DiasD
- 8Bruno FernandesM
- 9Gonçalo RamosF
- 10Bernardo SilvaM
- 13Renato VeigaD
- 15João NevesM
- 17Rafael LeãoM
- 20João CanceloD
- 23VitinhaM
Substitutes
- 4António SilvaD
- 5Diogo DalotD
- 6João PalhinhaM
- 7Carlos ForbsF
- 11João FélixF
- 12José SáG
- 14Gonçalo InácioD
- 16TrincãoF
- 18Matheus NunesM
- 19Francisco ConceiçãoF
- 21Rúben NevesM
- 22Rui SilvaG
Armenia
Starting XI
- 2S. MuradyanD
- 3E. PiloyanD
- 5S. MkrtchyanD
- 8E. SpertsyanF
- 9A. SerobyanF
- 13K. HovhannisyanM
- 16H. AvagyanG
- 17G. RanosF
- 18N. AghasaryanM
- 20K. MuradyanM
- 21N. TiknizyanD
Substitutes
- 1O. ČančarevićG
- 4G. HarutyunyanD
- 6K. NalbandyanM
- 7E. SevikyanM
- 10Z. ShaghoyanF
- 11N. GrigoryanF
- 12A. BeglaryanG
- 14G. ManvelyanM
- 15A. EloyanM
- 19E. GrigoryanD
- 22G. TarakhchyanF
- 23A. BandikyanM
Portugal
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruno Fernandes | M | 90 | 10.0 | 3 | — | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1/1 |
| João Neves | M | 90 | 9.9 | 3 | — | 5 | 3 | — | — |
| Renato Veiga | D | 90 | 8.2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Gonçalo Ramos | F | 90 | 7.9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1/1 |
| Nélson Semedo | D | 90 | 7.5 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1/2 |
| Rúben Dias | D | 73 | 7.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| João Cancelo | D | 73 | 7.3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2/2 |
| Bernardo Silva(C) | M | 56 | 7.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Vitinha | M | 67 | 7.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1/1 |
| Rafael Leão | M | 56 | 7.0 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0/1 |
| Diogo Costa | G | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Diogo Dalot | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| José Sá | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| João Palhinha | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Francisco Trincão | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rui Silva | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gonçalo Inácio | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| António Silva | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Francisco Conceição | F | 34 | 7.6 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 2/2 |
| Carlos Forbs | F | 34 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| João Félix | F | 23 | 7.2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1/1 |
| Rúben Neves | M | 17 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Matheus Nunes | M | 17 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Armenia
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eduard Spertsyan(C) | F | 90 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/2 |
| Grant-Leon Ranos | F | 65 | 6.3 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1/5 |
| Narek Aghasaryan | M | 45 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Henri Avagyan | G | 90 | 5.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Artur Serobyan | F | 45 | 5.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Karen Muradyan | M | 82 | 5.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Nair Tiknizyan | D | 90 | 5.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Erik Piloyan | D | 55 | 5.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sergey Muradyan | D | 90 | 5.3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Styopa Mkrtchyan | D | 90 | 5.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kamo Hovhannisyan | M | 90 | 5.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Edgar Grigoryan | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Arsen Beglaryan | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gor Manvelyan | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Karen Nalbandyan | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Narek Grigoryan | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ognjen Čančarević | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gevorg Tarakhchyan | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Artem Bandikyan | M | 8 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Georgiy Harutyunyan | D | 35 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Arayik Eloyan | M | 25 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Edgar Sevikyan | M | 45 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2/4 |
| Zhirayr Shaghoyan | F | 45 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/3 |