Ararat-Armenia vs Shamrock Rovers — UEFA Champions League: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
play_arrow2 clips- 40′Shamrock Rovers, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time
- 51′Ararat-Armenia, goal:1–0
- 60′Ararat-Armenia, substitution:off
- 65′Ararat-Armenia, substitution:off
- 65′Ararat-Armenia, substitution:off
- 67′Shamrock Rovers, substitution:L. O'Reganoff
- 67′Shamrock Rovers, substitution:off
- 67′Shamrock Rovers, substitution:offA. Brennan
- 75′Ararat-Armenia, substitution:off
- 76′Ararat-Armenia, substitution:off
- 80′Ararat-Armenia, goal:2–0assist
- 81′Shamrock Rovers, yellow card:Foul
- 89′Shamrock Rovers, yellow card:Foul
- 89′Ararat-Armenia, yellow card:Foul
- 90+1′Shamrock Rovers, substitution:off
- 90+5′Ararat-Armenia, yellow card:Foul
- Full-time2 – 0
Lineups
Starting lineups
Formation or player positions unavailable or inconsistent.
Ararat-Armenia
4-3-3
Shamrock Rovers
3-5-2
Top Performers
Goals
Assist
Videos
Match report
Ararat-Armenia vs Shamrock Rovers — the facts
Ararat-Armenia beat Shamrock Rovers 2–0 (half-time 0–0).
Ararat-Armenia met Shamrock Rovers in the UEFA Champions League (2nd Qualifying Round). Kick-off was Tuesday, 21 July 2026, 16:00 UTC at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium. Referee: David Dickinson.
Team pages: Ararat-Armenia · Shamrock Rovers · UEFA Champions League
Key moments
- 51' Goal: Sandro Lima — 1–0 · Watch Sandro Lima's goal video (51')
- 80' Goal: Zidane Banjaqui (assist: França) — 2–0 · Watch Zidane Banjaqui's goal video (80')
Starting line-ups
Ararat-Armenia (4-3-3)
- 98 Joao Bravim
- 98 João Bravim
- 14 Bruno Pereira
- 3 Junior Julio
- 3 Junior Bueno
- 43 Bruno Wilson
- 13 Kamo Hovhannisyan
- 2 Hugo Oliveira
- 19 Karen Muradyan
- 20 Alwyn Tera
- 7 Zhirayr Shaghoyan
- 91 Sandro Lima
- 77 Artur Serobyan
Shamrock Rovers (3-5-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Ararat-Armenia 39%, the draw 28%, Shamrock Rovers 33%. It finished Ararat-Armenia 2–0 Shamrock Rovers.
Home ground outweighs Shamrock Rovers' rating edge — Shamrock Rovers are the stronger side on our strength rating, but home ground gives Ararat-Armenia the lean. The draw at 28% is about what a gap this size usually leaves.
Why Ararat-Armenia at 39%?
Home ground, against the rating. Shamrock Rovers sit 76 points higher on our strength rating — 1353 to 1429. Sides with a 50–100-point rating edge on the road won 32.9% of 10,422 such games.
Why only 39%?
Because Shamrock Rovers are the stronger side on our strength rating. The rest is the draw at 28% and Shamrock Rovers at 33%.
Why the draw at 28%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 28.3%. These teams' recent games average 3.1 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.5% of 24,575.
What did we measure but not count?
Shamrock Rovers have shed 90 strength-rating points over their last 10 games. Momentum is measured but not yet proven: sliding sides won 34.7% of 9,510 such games vs 34.5% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it stays at 0 points until the receipt clears its evidence bar.
Sirius probabilities, frozen at kick-off. Analysis, not betting advice. How Sirius is doing this season · Full breakdown, evidence cards and squad news in the Match Insights tab
About this match
On this page: the Ararat-Armenia vs Shamrock Rovers final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Champions League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Sandro Lima's goal against Shamrock Rovers (51').
- Watch Zidane Banjaqui's goal against Shamrock Rovers (80').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Ararat-Armenia 2–0 Shamrock Rovers. Explore more on the Ararat-Armenia and Shamrock Rovers team pages or the UEFA Champions League page.