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In the 14th round of the Fastex Premier League, Sandro Perkovic's "Noah" hosted Vahe Gevorgyan's "Alashkert" at home. In the last ten matches between the teams, the champion/cupholder of Armenia has celebrated seven victories, three matches ended with the advantage of "Alashkert". Of these matches, the match held in the fall of 2023, which ended with the victory of "Noah" (9:8), is the most striking.
The opening 25 minutes were a tense struggle, in the 14th minute of the match Gor Manvelyan opened the score from the penalty spot (1:0). Not counting Nathaniel Centini's yellow card, everything was going according to the "Noah" scenario, but in the 23rd minute of the match the head referee David Sualehe sent off the field. "Alashkert", having gained a numerical advantage, equalized the score in the 25th minute of the match with a penalty shot by Karen Nalbandyan (1:1). Then, seven minutes before the end of the regular time of the first half, "Noah" captain Hovhannes Hambardzumyan scored the goal defended by Arsen Beglaryan (2:1).
"Noah" with ten players has possession of the ball 53/47% of the time. The second half was a quiet game compared to the first. Karen Nalbandyan and his teammates tried to dictate their game by organizing attacks, "Noah" relied on the counterattack option in the second half. This match was the last for "Noah" before the away match with the Scottish "Aberdeen" of the fourth round of the Conference League League stage within the framework of the Fastex Premier League, which will be held on November 28 at 00:00 Yerevan time.
In the 74th minute of the match, “Alashkert” restores the balance of the score with a penalty kick scored by Momo Toure (2:2). Let's add that in the next round, the team led by Vahe Gevorgyan will face “Urartu” at home, “Noah” will visit “Van”. Today, the “Shirak”-“Gandzasar” match also took place, which ended with the advantage of the Gyumri team (1:0), the only and winning goal was scored by Rafik Misakyan in the 68th minute of the match.