Armenia welcome Ireland in a crucial World Cup qualifier, with the away side coming off the back of snatching a point at home to Hungary.

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• Ireland have kept up their unbeaten run in internationals, which now stretches to five matches

• Armenia haven’t won an international match since facing Latvia away in November 2024, that is five matches without a win, and conceding 21 goals in those five matches too

• Hungary sit 45 places above Ireland in the FIFA rankings, #60 vs #105

🔴 Armenia Big Outsiders For Qualification

The four team groups in the UEFA World Cup qualification section are very tough. Whilst the top two go through to at least a play-off round, the groups are pretty stacked with talent, and this particular group has Armenia as very much the minnows of the four.

They are currently ranked outside of the FIFA Top 100, having been as high as #30 in 2014, so it is fair to say that this is not a vintage Armenian crop of players.

Their 0-5 defeat to Portugal last week was a chastening experience, but they will know that their most realistic chance of a victory is in this very fixture, so no doubt that they will be well up for this match; it is up to Ireland to keep them at bay.

🟢 Late Equaliser Lifts Irish Spirits

It was looking like an almost impossible task when Hungary went 2-0 up at the Aviva Stadium after a quarter of an hour on Saturday, but Ireland actually responded really well and were more than deserving of their last-minute Adam Idah equaliser.

Their pressure was helped by a Hungarian red card, but in all fairness, the Irish had wrestled the upper hand away from Hungary already by that stage, and their play was relentless in the last 30 minutes of the match.

The relief of getting that equaliser should make them buoyant for this match, knowing that a win here will keep them bang in the mix for a potential play-off place at least. Portugal are obviously heavy favourites for automatic qualification, but Ireland remain in contention for second place with a win here.

📊 Armenia v Ireland H2H

Ireland lost on their last visit to Armenia in the 2022 Nations League campaign, that was a 1-0 scoreline, courtesy of a long-range strike by Eduard Spertsyan, but Ireland did outshoot Armenia 13-10 and produced a higher xG of 1.03 v 0.62 for Armenia. Whilst that is still not convincing from an Ireland perspective, you could still say that they were slightly unlucky to lose the match.

The return leg in that campaign saw a 3-2 win for Ireland at the Aviva Stadium. Ireland were much more dominant on that occasion, winning the shot battle 21-4 and the xG battle 3.16 to 0.23, but, again, Armenia scored two long-range efforts, one from Spertsyan again, and one from Artak Dashyan.

Long-range Armenia shots could be worth looking at in the market; all four of their shots in this match were from outside the box, with three on target.

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