Cyprus secured their first Nations League victory on Friday night, beating Armenia 2-0 at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia despite playing with ten men from the 52nd minute, in their third Group B match in League C.
The win lifted Cyprus to second place in the group, with one win, one draw and one defeat, keeping them in contention for one of the top two spots.
Leonidas Konomis opened the scoring for Cyprus in the 19th minute, before Andronikos Kakoullis doubled the lead in the 31st.
Cyprus were reduced to ten men in the 52nd minute when Kostas Pileas was shown a straight red card for a hard tackle on an opponent.
After three matches, unbeaten Montenegro lead the group with nine points, followed by Cyprus with four, Armenia with three and Latvia with one.