Сюник secured a 3:1 victory over Гандзасар in the Premier League's Regular Season round two on Friday evening. The result lifts the home side to three points from their opening six matches, while Гандзасар remain on three points after their solitary win.
Гандзасар took the lead through A. Avanesyan in the forty-first minute, a goal that came as the visitors pressed forward with purpose. Сюник responded after the interval, with A. Hovhannisyan finding the net in the sixty-second minute to level the contest.
The match opened up in the final quarter. E. Lizalda restored Гандзасар's advantage in the eighty-third minute before Joao Adriano grabbed a late equaliser for Сюник in stoppage time, giving the hosts all three points.
Substitutions peppered the middle stages of the game. T. Rocha came on for Гандзасар in the fifty-third minute, followed by D. Titkov for Сюник sixty-one minutes in, while Kaique Santos entered the fray for the visitors in the sixty-third.
Discipline proved an issue in the closing minutes. Five yellow cards were shown between the sixty-sixth and eighty-fifth minutes, with P. Annor, M. Silva, E. Lizalda, A. Karapetyan and an unnamed player all cautioned.
Both sides arrive at this fixture in difficult circumstances. Сюник have yet to taste victory from six games, while Гандзасар's solitary win came against a backdrop of five defeats, including heavy losses to Арарат-Армения and Пюник Ереван.