UEFA Nations League

Cyprus vs Armenia, 2026-27 UEFA Nations League, League Phase

· UEFA Nations League
Cyprus
  • 19': Leonidas Konomis
  • 31': Andronikos Kakoulis
  • Red Card 52': Kostas Pileas
FT
2 - 0
Armenia

    About

    Cyprus are hosting Armenia at GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Nations League.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Attempt saved. Marcus Edwards (Cyprus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Arsen Beglaryan (Armenia).
    • 4': Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 4': Foul by Nayair Tiknizyan (Armenia).
    • 5': Marcus Edwards (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 5': Foul by Nayair Tiknizyan (Armenia).
    • 5': Foul by Erik Piloyan (Armenia).
    • 5': Andronikos Kakoullis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Offside, Cyprus. Ioannis Pittas is caught offside.
    • 9': Foul by Marcus Edwards (Cyprus).
    • 9': Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Erik Piloyan (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Eduard Spertsyan.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Gor Manvelyan (Armenia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Artem Bandikyan.
    • 17': Foul by Panagiotis Andreou (Cyprus).
    • 17': Edgar Sevikyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 18': Attempt blocked. Marcus Edwards (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Loizos Loizou.
    • 18': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Erik Simonyan.
    • 19': Goal! Cyprus 1, Armenia 0. Leonidas Konomis (Cyprus) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
    • 23': Andronikos Kakoullis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Foul by Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia).
    • 26': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 26': Foul by Edgar Sevikyan (Armenia).
    • 26': Edgar Sevikyan (Armenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 28': Kostas Pileas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Foul by Artem Bandikyan (Armenia).
    • 29': Attempt blocked. Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andronikos Kakoullis.
    • 31': Goal! Cyprus 2, Armenia 0. Andronikos Kakoullis (Cyprus) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ioannis Pittas.
    • 33': Foul by Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus).
    • 33': Artur Miranyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 34': Attempt blocked. Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 35': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Kostas Pileas.
    • 36': Attempt blocked. Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gor Manvelyan with a cross.
    • 36': Attempt saved. Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Fabiano Ribeiro de Freitas (Cyprus).
    • 36': Attempt blocked. Edgar Sevikyan (Armenia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 36': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Nikolas Panagiotou.
    • 37': Marcus Edwards (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Foul by Artem Bandikyan (Armenia).
    • 37': Artem Bandikyan (Armenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 39': Attempt blocked. Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ioannis Pittas.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 0 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Cyprus 2, Armenia 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Armenia. Narek Grigoryan replaces Edgar Sevikyan.
    • 45': Second Half begins Cyprus 2, Armenia 0.
    • 47': Foul by Kostas Pileas (Cyprus).
    • 47': Artem Bandikyan (Armenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 47': Delay in match because of an injury Artem Bandikyan (Armenia).
    • 50': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 51': VAR Decision: Card upgraded Kostas Pileas (Cyprus).
    • 52': Kostas Pileas (Cyprus) is shown the red card.
    • 52': Substitution, Armenia. Davit Terteryan replaces Artem Bandikyan because of an injury.
    • 54': Offside, Armenia. Nayair Tiknizyan is caught offside.
    • 54': Substitution, Cyprus. Giorgos Malekkides replaces Andronikos Kakoullis.
    • 55': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Nikolas Panagiotou.
    • 57': Foul by Leonidas Konomis (Cyprus).
    • 57': Gor Manvelyan (Armenia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 58': Attempt missed. Narek Grigoryan (Armenia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Nayair Tiknizyan with a cross.
    • 61': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Grigoris Kastanos.
    • 63': Substitution, Armenia. Ugochukwu Iwu replaces Erik Simonyan.
    • 63': Substitution, Armenia. Karen Nalbandyan replaces Artur Miranyan.
    • 64': Attempt saved. Narek Grigoryan (Armenia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Fabiano Ribeiro de Freitas (Cyprus).
    • 64': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Fabiano Ribeiro de Freitas.
    • 64': Attempt missed. Gor Manvelyan (Armenia) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Eduard Spertsyan with a cross following a corner.
    • 67': Foul by Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus).
    • 67': Gor Manvelyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 68': Substitution, Cyprus. Marinos Tzionis replaces Loizos Loizou.
    • 68': Substitution, Cyprus. Angelos Neophytou replaces Marcus Edwards.
    • 70': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 70': Foul by Narek Grigoryan (Armenia).
    • 74': Attempt saved. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Arsen Beglaryan (Armenia). Assisted by Panagiotis Andreou.
    • 75': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Leonidas Konomis.
    • 76': Attempt blocked. Narek Grigoryan (Armenia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 77': Attempt blocked. Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Karlen Hovhannisyan.
    • 77': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Leonidas Konomis.
    • 77': Attempt missed. Ugochukwu Iwu (Armenia) left footed shot from very close range misses to the left following a corner.
    • 78': Substitution, Armenia. Narek Hovhannisyan replaces Gor Manvelyan.
    • 79': Attempt blocked. Karlen Hovhannisyan (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 79': Attempt missed. Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nayair Tiknizyan.
    • 80': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Fabiano Ribeiro de Freitas.
    • 81': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Panagiotis Andreou.
    • 81': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Giorgos Malekkides.
    • 82': Giorgos Malekkides (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 82': Foul by Davit Terteryan (Armenia).
    • 84': Substitution, Cyprus. Kostakis Artymatas replaces Grigoris Kastanos.
    • 84': Substitution, Cyprus. Stavros Georgiou replaces Ioannis Pittas.
    • 85': Attempt saved. Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Fabiano Ribeiro de Freitas (Cyprus). Assisted by Davit Terteryan.
    • 89': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Giorgos Malekkides.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Stavros Georgiou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Erik Piloyan (Armenia).
    • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Narek Hovhannisyan (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eduard Spertsyan.
    • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nayair Tiknizyan.
    • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Cyprus 2, Armenia 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Cyprus 2, Armenia 0.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 6
    2 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 1
    1 Offsides 1
    11 Corner Kicks 1
    2 Saves 3
    67.7 Possession 32.3
    17 SHOTS 8
    5 ON GOAL 4
    0.3 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    563 Accurate Passes 254
    624 Passes 311
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    5 Accurate Crosses 1
    34 Crosses 4
    0.1 Cross % 0.3
    42 Long Balls 36
    30 Accurate Long Balls 12
    0.7 Long Balls % 0.3
    5 Blocked Shots 3
    11 Effective Tackles 12
    20 Tackles 18
    0.6 Tackle % 0.7
    6 Interceptions 9
    16 Effective Clearances 41
    16 Clearances 41

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Nations League

    Venue: GSP Stadium
    Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
    Attendance: 3,456

    UEFA Nations League Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Montenegro 4 +3 10
    2 Cyprus 4 +2 7
    3 Armenia 4 -1 4
    4 Latvia 4 -4 1
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    CYP Cyprus (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Fabiano (GK)
    3 Nikolas Panagiotou
    4 Hector Kyprianou
    2 Kostas Pileas Red Card
    15 Leonidas Konomis
    23 Marcus Edwards
    20 Grigoris Kastanos
    16 Panagiotis Andreou
    9 Ioannis Pittas
    11 Andronikos Kakoulis
    10 Loizos Loizou
    Cyprus Substitutes:
    Angelos Neophytou, Giorgos Malekkides, Charis Kyriakou, Kostakis Artymatas, Andreas Shikkis, Stavros Georgiou, Marinos Tzionis, Ioannis Kosti, Andreas Christou, Neophytos Michael, Evagoras Antoniou, Antreas Paraskevas.

    ARM Armenia (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    12 Arsen Beglaryan (GK)
    22 Erik Simonyan
    4 Georgii Harutyunyan
    3 Erik Piloyan
    10 Eduard Spertsyan
    8 Karlen Hovhannisyan
    21 Nayair Tiknizyan
    2 Artyom Bandikyan Yellow Card
    18 Artur Miranyan
    14 Gor Manvelyan
    7 Edgar Sevikyan Yellow Card
    Armenia Substitutes:
    Narek Grigoryan, David Terteryan, Gor Matinyan, Argishti Petrosyan, Narek Hovhannisyan, Karen Nalbandyan, Narek Aghasaryan, Khariton Ayvazyan, Aleksandr Mishiev, Karen Muradyan, Uguchukwu Iwu.

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