Finland will be keen on securing all three points as they host Armenia in a Euro 2020 Group J Qualifier.
Finland is second on the points table while Armenia is at the third spot while being two points away from Finland. With Italy already booking a spot in the Euro 2020 with 21 points on board, the forthcoming fixture becomes all the more interesting.
Match Details
Date- Tuesday, October 15
Kick-Off- 9:30 PM (IST)
Venue- Veritas Stadion
Finland Team News
Head Coach, Markku Kanerva has no injuries and suspensions that will hamper with his possibility of choosing the best starting eleven.
Finland would want to get back to winning ways after suffering two consecutive losses by Italy and Bosnia.
Prior to those two defeats, Finland won four on the bounce in the qualifiers against Bosnia at home, Armenia and Licehtenstein and Greece.
Form- W | W | W | L | L
Armenia Team News
Armenia’s main man in attack, Henrikh Mkhitaryan is unlikely to feature against Finland due to injury. Apart from Mkhitaryan, Armen Gyulbudaghyants has no injury concerns ahead of the game.
Post their defeat to Italy, Armenia has won 4-2 to Bosnia and Herzegovina and has drawn 1-1 against Liechtenstein in the qualifiers.
Form- W | W | L | W | D
Predicted Lineups
Finland- L Hradecky; J Toivio, P Arajuuri, S Vaisanen, J Uronen; R Lod, G Kamara, R Schuller, L Lappalainen; T Pukki
Armenia- A Ayrapeyan; H Hambardzumyan, V Haroyan, H Ishkhanyan, A Hovhannisyan; M Pizzelli, R Hovsepyan, G Ghazaryan; T Barseghyan, A Karapetian, S Adamyan
Key Points
The last time the two teams confronted one another was in mid-March. Finland had won that game 2-0 with Fredrik Jansen and Soiri getting their names on the scoresheet.
Teemu Pukki has been the man in form for club and country. Finland forward has scored five goals in seven Qualifier games, while also contributing six for Norwich City in the Premier League in the season so far.
For Armenia, it’s Tigran Barseghyan and Aleksander Karapetyan will be the two centre men in front. Both sets of players have scored three goals in six Qualifier games.
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FIN vs ARM Dream11 Today Match Prediction | Fantasy Team
Aram Airapetyan; Varazdat Haroyan, Hovhannes Hambardzumyan, Paulus Arajuuri, Joona Toivio; Artak Grigoryan, Rumyan Hovsepyan, Glen Kamara, Robin Lod; Teemu Pukki (C), Tigran Barseghyan