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Thursday, July 23, 2015
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Armenia recorded a famous away win against Denmark in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying and a home victory to match in Group I would dent their visitors' top-two hopes.
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Armenia are out of the running for UEFA EURO 2016 qualification but gave Denmark a run for their money in their first Group I meeting, and memories of a famous win in Copenhagen could inspiring their hopes of concluding on a high.
• The following players are a yellow card away from a ban: Robert Arzumanyan, Artur Yedigaryan (Armenia), Lars Jacobsen, Simon Kjær and William Kvist (Denmark).
Previous meetings
• Henrikh Mkhitaryan gave Armenia the lead in their opening Group I game, on 7 September 2014, but Pierre Højbjerg and Thomas Kahlenberg struck back to earn Denmark a 2-1 win in Copenhagen.
• The sides have now met five times in senior international games, with Denmark's record W4 D0 L1 (W2 D0 L1 in Denmark – W2 D0 L0 in Armenia).
• These sides were paired in 2014 World Cup qualifying, Vardan Minasyan's Armenia earning one of the biggest results in their history by winning 4-0 at Parken in the first encounter on 11 June 2013 through goals from Yura Movsisyan (1 59), Aras Özbiliz (19) and Mkhitaryan (82). Morten Olsen's side restored some pride with a 1-0 win in the return fixture in Yerevan.
Form guide
• Armenia have won only one of their last seven competitive home games – 2-1 against Bulgaria in their penultimate 2014 World Cup qualifier.
• Denmark are unbeaten in five competitive away qualifiers (W4 D1).
Trivia and links
• Armenia midfielder Artur Yusbashyan turns 26 on the day of the Denmark game.
• The nations met in UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying in 1995, Denmark winning 3-2 away and 4-0 at home. They will face each other again in qualifying for the 2017 final tournament.
• Armenian and Danish clubs have met in four UEFA competition games, the Danish sides winning all four of them without conceding.
• Denmark's women's teams have had an even more daunting record against their Armenian counterparts; Denmark beat Armenia 5-0 at home and 11-0 away in UEFA Women's EURO 2013 qualifying, while the Danes were 24-0 winners against Armenia in a 2007/08 UEFA Women's European Under-17 Championship first qualifying round tie.
