Six changes in Armenia’s lineup against Cyprus: Simonyan and Garibyan make their first starts
- Author: Vahe Hakobyan
- Sportaran
The starting lineups have been announced for the Cyprus vs Armenia match in the third round of the 2026/27 UEFA Nations League.
The match will take place today, October 2, in Nicosia and will kick off at 20:00 Yerevan time.
Starting lineups
Armenia: Beglaryan — Bandikyan, Simonyan, Piloyan, Harutyunyan, Tiknizyan — K. Hovhannisyan, Spertsyan — Sevikyan, Manvelyan — Garibyan.
Cyprus: Fabiano — Konomis, Kyprianou, Panayiotou, Pileas — Loizou, Kastanos, Andreou, Edwards — Kakoulli, Pittas.
Armenia head coach Yeghishe Melikyan has made significant changes compared to the previous Nations League match against Montenegro, with six changes to the starting XI.
Arsen Beglaryan, Erik Simonyan, Karlen Hovhannisyan, Gor Manvelyan, Edgar Sevikyan and Artur Garibyan will all start the match.
For Erik Simonyan and Artur Garibyan, this will be their first appearance in Armenia’s starting lineup at senior international level.
After two rounds, Armenia have 3 points, while Cyprus have collected 1 point. The match in Nicosia will be Melikyan’s team’s first away game of the current Nations League campaign.
In Armenia, the Cyprus vs Armenia match will be broadcast live on Public TV (H1). In Russia, the game will be available on Okko TV.
UPDATED: Artur Garibyan sustained an injury during the pre-match warm-up. Artur Miranyan will start in his place.