Montenegro vs Armenia - prediction, team news, lineups

Montenegro volition beryllium aiming to support their cleanable commencement successful League C, Group 2 of the UEFA Nations League erstwhile they instrumentality connected Armenia astatine Gradski Stadium successful Podgorica.

The location broadside are unbeaten successful their past 5 matches, including 4 wins, portion Armenia caput into this fixture connected the backmost of 2 consecutive defeats.

Match preview

Montenegro person been successful fantabulous signifier successful 2026, losing conscionable erstwhile successful their past 7 matches crossed each competitions, including planetary friendlies.

Mirko Vucinic's broadside started their 2026-27 Nations League run with a 2-1 triumph implicit Cyprus, with each 3 goals coming successful the 2nd half.

They past faced Armenia, who provided beardown resistance, but Montenegro doubly came from down to level the scores earlier Aleksa Latkovic struck successful the 89th infinitesimal to unafraid a 3-2 victory.

One of the astir awesome aspects of their run truthful acold has been the fig of antithetic goalscorers, with Vasilije Adzic netting a brace successful the 2-1 triumph implicit Latvia successful their past game.

Despite winning 3 matches successful a row, Vucinic volition beryllium acrophobic by his side's nonaccomplishment to support a cleanable sheet, though it is not a superior contented arsenic agelong arsenic they proceed to prime up victories.

Armenia had a disastrous World Cup qualifying campaign, finishing bottommost of Group F with 3 points from six matches portion conceding 19 goals.

In 2026, they failed to triumph immoderate of their planetary friendlies but earned commendable 1-1 draws against Kazakhstan and Moldova.

They started their Nations League run with a bang, picking up a 2-0 triumph implicit Latvia, with Georgiy Harutyunyan and Artur Gharibyan getting their names connected the scoresheet.

However, they were incapable to prolong that momentum and person since mislaid back-to-back games against Montenegro and Cyprus, leaving them 3rd successful the array with 3 points.

The 2 sides person met 3 times since 2022, with some teams winning erstwhile and the different brushwood ending successful a 2-2 draw.

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Team News

Montenegro person nary large wounded concerns, and Vucinic could rotate his squad successful their last crippled of the planetary break.

Skipper Stevan Jovetic is apt to commencement alongside Nikola Krstovic and Milutin Osmajic, but Dusan Vukovic, Aleksa Latkovic and Milos Brnovic could besides beryllium handed immoderate crippled time.

For Armenia, winger Artem Bandikyan picked up an wounded successful the erstwhile crippled and could beryllium replaced by David Terteryan.

Junior Julio besides sustained an wounded successful the 2-0 decision to Latvia and has not featured since, portion Erik Piloyan has struggled successful caller games but could beryllium fixed different accidental to beryllium his worth.

Montenegro imaginable starting lineup:

Popovic; Vesovic, Rubezic, Vujacic, Radunovic; Loncar, Jankovic, Adzic; Osmajic, Krstovic, Jovetic 

Armenia imaginable starting lineup:

Beglaryan; Tiknizyan, Harutyunyan, Piloyan, Simonyan; Spertsyan, Hovhannnisyan, Terteryan; Manvelyan, Gharibyan, Serobyan 

We say: Montenegro 2-1 Armenia

Montenegro are connected a roll, having picked up 3 consecutive victories successful this competition, and they should transportation that momentum into this contest. 

Armenia are struggling aft back-to-back defeats, and it volition necessitate a herculean effort for them to instrumentality thing distant from home.

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