The 2022 UEFA Nations League will continue this weekend, and will see Ukraine face Armenia at the ŁKS Municipal Stadium on Saturday.
Ukraine shook off their World Cup qualifying disappointments on Wednesday to open their Nations League campaign with a win. They beat Ireland 1-0 at the Aviva Stadium with Viktor Tsygankov scoring the sole goal of the game via a free-kick a minute after his introduction.
The Blue and Yellows have picked up maximum points in the group and will now be looking to make it two wins from two when they play this weekend.
Like their hosts, Armenia also beat Ireland 1-0 in their opening game before losing 2-0 to Scotland last time out. The Lerrnakanner struggled to cope with their dominant opponents and were fortunate not to have lost by a larger margin.
Armenia now sit third in the group with three points from an obtainable six. They will be looking to shake off their latest result and get their continental campaign back on track.
There have been eight meetings between the two nations. Ukraine are undefeated in all eight matchups, winning five of those games and drawing the other two.
The two sides last faced off in a 2004 European Championship qualifying clash, which the Blue and Yellows won 4-3.
Ukraine Form Guide (All Competitions): W-L-W-D-W
Armenia Form Guide (All Competitions): L-W-L-W-L
Ukraine
Head coach Oleksandr Petrakov rested several players last time out after their World Cup qualifiers, including Manchester City's Oleksandr Zinchenko and Atalanta's Ruslan Malinovsyki. Both men, however, are expected to return to the starting XI this weekend.
Injured: None
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Armenia
Arman Hovhannisyan has recovered from an injury he picked up in the first game, meaning the Mountaineers have no injured or suspended players ahead of their weekend clash.
Injured: None
Doubtful: None
Ukraine Predicted XI (4-3-3): Andriy Lunin; Vitaliy Mykolenko, Illia Zabarnyi, Mykola Matvienko, Oleksandr Karavaev; Taras Stepanenko, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Oleksandr Zinchenko; Viktor Tsygankov, Andriy Yarmolenko, Roman Yaremchuk
Armenia Predicted XI (5-3-2): David Yurchenko; Hovhannes Hambardzumyan, Taron Voskanyan, Varazdat Haroyan, Kamo Hovhannisyan, Arman Hovhannisyan; Khoren Bayramyan, Artak Grigoryan, Eduard Spertsyan; Tigran Barseghyan, Sargis Adamyan
Armenia have lost two of their last four games and have now gone winless in 11 of their last 13 outings across all competitions. The Blue and Yellows are in much better form and should win this one.
Prediction: Ukraine 2-0 Armenia
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