In the second match for itself in the League of Nations-2022/2023, Ukraine in Lodz will play with Armenia
Saturday, June 11 national team of Ukraine in the second match of the group stage of Division B of the League of Nations will play with Armenia national team. Match Armenia – Ukraine will be held in Łódź, at the LKS stadium. The start of the match between the Ukrainian team and the Armenian team is at 16:00. Sport Arena tells you everything you need to know about the match of the first round of the group stage of the League of Nations Ukraine – Armenia.
Ukraine – Armenia before the match
Three years ago, Oleksandr Petrakov achieved the most significant success in his coaching career and the history of Ukrainian football in Lodz, Poland. At the head of the youth team of Ukraine U-19, the specialist won the World Championship, defeating the South Korean team in the final match in this city. Now, in front of the coach and the opponent, it seems simpler, and the status of the match is lower. However, the task remains the same – victory.
Armenia has never played in the final stages of major tournaments, and to be honest, it cannot boast of at least some significant achievements. The team is currently ranked 92nd in the FIFA rankings, and its transfer value is estimated at just 21.6 million euros. This is less than, for example, the cost of Tsygankov, Malinovsky or Zinchenko.
In many respects, such a low financial assessment of the Armenian team is due to the fact that the best football player in the history of the country, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who played for Donetsk Metallurg and Shakhtar, ended his career in the national team. Without him, as they say, the team is not the same. Although it should not be underestimated either.
In any case, at the start of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, it was Armenia that was the main sensation, scoring 10 points in four opening matches of the group stage – victories over Liechtenstein, Iceland and Romania and a draw with North Macedonia. Yes, the team did not finish the round very well, but even the fourth place in the group with the teams of Germany, North Macedonia, Romania, Iceland and Liechtenstein is a great success for the team.
Armenia coach
66-year-old Spanish specialist Joaquin Caparros has been working with the Armenian national team for more than two years, since March 2020. The specialist has an extensive coaching career: at one time, Caparros worked with Villarreal, Athletic, Deportivo, Sevilla, Mallorca, Xamaxo, Al Ahli, Granda and a number of other clubs. He did not gain much success, although it can be said that it was with him that Sevilla began the modern era of the renaissance: the coach brought the team to Example from the Segunda, and also had a hand in the football development of Sergio Ramos, Jose Antonio Reyes, Dani Alves, Adriano, Renato, Carlos Marchena .
At the helm of the Armenian national team, Caparros played 22 matches: he won eight, lost the same number, finished six matches in a draw.
Where to watch Ukraine-Armenia live
On Saturday, June 11, the group stage match of the League of Nations in Division B Ukraine – Armenia online video broadcast of the match can be seen in Ukraine. The broadcast of the match will be available on the temporary broadcaster of the content of the Ukrainian channel – Indigo TV, the Football 1 TV channel, the oll.tv platform.
Online text broadcast of the match of the first round of the group stage of the League of Nations between the Ukrainian team and the Armenian team will be available at the Sport Arena starting from 15:00.
The history of confrontation Ukraine – Armenia
Armenia is one of the most “frequent” opponents of the blue-yellows. The national team of Ukraine met with the national team of this country eight times. However, the last one was in 2003. So far, the full advantage is on the side of Ukraine: five wins and three draws.
It should be noted that all matches were official in the period from 1997 to 2003: the teams met twice in the qualifiers for the World Championships, the same number in the qualifications for the European Championships. The biggest win for the blue-and-yellows is 3-0 in Lviv for the 2002 World Cup qualification. The most productive match – 4:3 in favor of Ukraine was held there in 2003 as part of the Euro 2004 qualification.
In total, in eight matches with Armenia, Ukraine scored 17 goals. The best scorer of the blue-yellows in this confrontation is Andriy Shevchenko (7 goals). Andrey Voroby and Andrey Gusin have two goals each.
How Armenia played in the League of Nations
Armenia is holding its debut season in Division B. The Armenian team played the first two Nations League in the third division. In the 2018/2019 season, Armenia in its group finished in second place (10 points in six matches) after the team of North Macedonia and above the teams of Gibraltar and Liechtenstein.
In the second draw, Armenia performed much more successfully: 11 points in six matches and first place in the group, which, in addition to it, included the teams of the same North Macedonia, Georgia and Estonia.
In the current tournament, Armenia beat Ireland at home (1:0) in the opening match, and lost to Scotland (0:2) in the second round.
Match referee Ireland – Ukraine
The League of Nations match between the national teams of Ukraine and Armenia will be judged by the Polish referee Daniel Stefanski. Stefanski’s assistants will be David Golis and Michal Obukovich. The fourth referee is Lukasz Kuzma.
Last season, Stefanski had two matches in European competition: one in the Europa League, one in the Conference League. In these matches, he showed 9 yellow cards, one red (repeated warning).
This referee is also familiar to Ukrainian fans. In 2018, under “his supervision”, Dynamo Kyiv defeated Slavia (2:0) in the return match of the third qualifying round of the Champions League and reached the playoffs of the selection.
Stadium match Ukraine – Armenia
Despite the 100-year history, the LKS stadium acquired its current appearance relatively recently – in April of this year. Prior to this, the arena had only one stand for 5,700 spectators (now the stadium seats 18,092 people). Considering that the stadium once held more than 40,000 spectators (the record of 45,000 was set in 1971), this state of affairs is unlikely to suit the city’s leadership.
The bankruptcy of the LKS club also played a role, which, due to financial problems, was not only transferred to the lower division, but also withdrawn from the competition, although at one time it won the national championship, and Lodz was not included in the list of cities that hosted Euro 2012.
In 2018, the Lodz management found 30 million euros to complete the construction of the arena, which is considered one of the most comfortable and modern stadiums in the country.
The best bets on the match Ukraine – Armenia
Considering the history of the confrontation, the strength of the team and the results of the two teams, one should not be surprised that Ukraine is the undisputed favorite of the match. Blue-yellow win bets taken at the rate of 1×1.24 against 1×18.5 – to win Armenia. A draw comes with a coefficient of 6.9.
Ukraine
Division B. Group stage
06/11/2022
16:00
Armenia
Of the other interesting options, we advise you to consider a few. Based on the class of Ukrainian and Armenian football players, as well as the fact that the leaders of the national team got a rest after the play-off matches of the 2022 World Cup qualification, we dare to offer a bet “Ukraine’s victory by two goals in 3.7 is a very attractive ratio. Yes, it’s quite risky, but if you want reliability, you can try “individual total Ukraine over 2 for 1.72.
Source: Sportarena
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