Armenia vs Republic of Ireland predictions: Irish can raise their qualification hopes
Daniel Childs
Republic of Ireland are unbeaten in their last five matches
Armenia have not won any of their last eight World Cup qualifiers
Recommended bet: Republic of Ireland to win
Reoublic of Ireland kicked off World Cup Group F qualifying with a dramatic 2-2 draw at home to Hungary, but only maximum points will be on their minds when they tackle sectional fourth seeds Armenia in Yerevan.
The teams crossed paths in Group B1 of the Nations League in 2022, with Armenia winning 1-0 on home soil and the Irish responding with a 3-2 victory in Dublin.
However, there has been a decline in Armenia's performances in recent times, with only three wins registered from their last 21 games.
Armenia started their Group F schedule with a 5-0 loss at home to Portugal and will hope to at least show a more competitive edge in their second of six games.
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Team news
Armenia are below full strength in attack after Norberto Briasco’s withdrawal from the squad.
Forward thrust may come from Slovan Bratislava striker Tigran Barseghyan or Krasnodar attacking midfielder Eduard Spertsyan, who each have nine international goals to their name.
Sammie Szmodics has joined Troy Parrott in withdrawing from the Ireland squad, while Adam Idah came off the bench to score in the 2-2 draw against Hungary and is pushing for a start.
The stats
Republic of Ireland are unbeaten in their last six World Cup qualifiers and both teams have scored in four of their last five matches.
Armenia have lost four of their last five games by at least three goals and have lost their last four home matches without scoring.
Each of Armenia's last six matches have generated at least three goals.
Armenia have gone 32 matches without keeping a clean sheet.
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Prediction
The Irish have been far from fully convincing under Icelandic manager Heimir Hallgrimsson, but they are unbeaten in five games since the start of 2025 and can keep that run going by defeating Armenia at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium.
There was a lot for Halgrimsson to unpick from his team's 2-2 draw at home to Hungary.
His team got off to a dreadful start, conceding two goals in the first 16 minutes, but they came storming back and finished with a point which just could be a building block for a successful campaign.
Ireland are up against Armenia in two of their next three matches and need to take maximum points on both occasions.
Armenia's best effort in a qualifying campaign was over a decade ago when they secured five wins during their failed bid to reach Euro 2012.
They have struggled in competitive games this year, losing home and away to Georgia (3-0 and 6-1) and subsiding 5-0 at home to Portugal.
Therefore, Ireland should have nothing to fear and they look a solid wager, even at odds-on.
