Borussia Mönchengladbach's Jonas Hofmann scored one and made another as Germany maintained their perfect start under Hansi Flick with a comfortable 4-1 win away to Armenia in their final 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier.

Armenia 1-4 Germany

Goals: 0-1 Havertz 15' (assist: Hofmann), 0-2 Gündogan (pen. 45'+4), 0-3 Gündogan 50' (assist: Müller), 1-3 Mkhitaryan (pen. 59'), 1-4 Hofmann (64')

Already assured of their place at the 2022 World Cup, Germany dominated proceedings from the get-go in Yerevan. Thomas Müller, winning his 110th senior cap, sent a cross-shot at Armenia debutant goalkeeper Stanislav Buchnev, before Kai Havertz directed an inch-perfect Leroy Sane pass against the woodwork. Havertz made his second chance count with 15 minutes gone when Müller and Hofmann combined to set up the former Bayer Leverkusen man for a deft first-time finish. Buchnev kept out further attempts from Florian Neuhaus and Sane, but was powerless to prevent Ilkay Gündogan adding a second from the penalty spot on the stroke of half-time after Neuhaus had been upended by Taron Voskanyan.

Germany picked up where they left off as Havertz shot wide within seconds of the restart. Gündogan then doubled his tally with a speculative shot that slipped through the hands of Buchnev. After Khoren Bayramyan shot into the side netting, Armenia capped a fleeting spell of possession with a consolation penalty through former Borussia Dortmund midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan. That only served to poke the bear, though, as Havertz lashed wide before Hofmann pounced on a mistake by Mkhitaryan and finished with aplomb. Substitutes Maximilian Arnold and Lukas Nmecha went close to a fifth as Germany breezed to their seventh straight win of the Flick era.

Match stats

• Germany were the first team to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. They finish top of Group J on 27 points from a possible 30.
• Die Mannschaft have won all five of their meetings with Armenia, and have never lost an away game in World Cup qualifying.
• Sane has scored four and assisted two since Flick replaced Joachim Löw as coach.
• Hofmann marked his 10th senior international with his second Germany goal.
• Serge Gnabry, Timo Werner and Gündogan were Germany's five-goal top scorers in qualifying.
• Mkhitaryan had 41 goals and 49 assists in 140 games in all competitions for Dortmund before leaving for Manchester United in 2016.

Line-ups

Armenia: Buchnev - Terteryan, Haroyan, Calisir, Voskanyan - Bayramyan (Zelarayan 69'), Udo (A. Grigoryan 84'), Spersyan, Margaryan - Mkhitaryan (c) (N. Grigoryan 76') - Adamyan (Briasco 69')
Unused subs: Yurchenko, Beglaryan, Wbeymar, Zelarayan, Avanesian, K. Hovhannisyan, Hambartsumyan, Karapetyan
Out: -
Coach: Joaquin Caparros

Germany: ter Stegen - Tah, Ginter, Kehrer – Hofmann (Baku 83'), Neuhaus (Volland 73'), Gündogan (Arnold 60'), Raum – Sane (Brandt 60'), Havertz – Müller (c) (Nmecha 60')
Unsued subs: Trapp, Leno, Günter
Out: Adeyemi (not included), Draxler (muscular), Gnabry (not included), Kimmich (not included), Musiala (not included), Schlotterbeck (thigh), Süle (not included), Wirtz (hip)
Coach: Hansi Flick

As it happened!

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