Yerevan Football Academy: Ararat-Armenia II vs Pyunik II First League preview

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Competition: Armenia First League
Competition: Thu 09.December
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yerevan Football Academy (1500 seats)

First League: Ararat-Armenia II are 2 points short of Pyunik II, but are motivated to go full force. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • Ararat-Armenia II have the most clean sheets (3) at home in First League
  • Pyunik II have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Ararat-Armenia II's stadium, Yerevan Football Academy, has a grass surface. Pyunik II have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Pyunik II when playing on grass; 6 wins, 4 draws and 25 losses from 35 matches. They have scored 44 goals in these games and conceded 94.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Ararat-Armenia II form and stats

Ararat-Armenia II have collected 9 points from their First League home games so far after 2-3-3.

Ararat-Armenia drew their last game, also a home match. Banants II (placed 7th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Lernayin Artsakh (0-2).

The Ararat-Armenia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Ararat-Armenia defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Pyunik II form and stats

Playing away, Pyunik II have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the First League this season.

The manager was unhappy after their last game, a First League match played at their home ground Pyunik Training Centre. Pyunik suffered a 0-5 loss to Lernayin Artsakh (placed 1st). Pyunik lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Alashkert II.

Pyunik II have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 16 goals from 7 away matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Pyunik II rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties meet this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: Pyunik II - Ararat-Armenia II 3-0. Ararat-Armenia-Pyunik II H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ararat-Armenia II six wins, Pyunik II two wins, two draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Ararat-Armenia II missing players

Pyunik II missing players

Ararat-Armenia II Pyunik II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 8 2 Played P 2 7 15
4 2 0 Won W 2 3 5
3 3 1 Drew D 0 1 2
7 3 1 Lost L 0 3 8
15 9 2 Scored S 8 16 28
25 14 3 Conceded C 4 12 32
86% 75% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 93%
64% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 80%
29% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 57% 60%
21% 38% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 57% 53%
50% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 73%
29% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 7%
36% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Ararat-Armenia II have the most clean sheets (3) at home in First League
  • Pyunik II have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Pyunik II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lernayin Artsakh 14 11 3 0 32 4 6 4 2 0 11 4 8 7 1 0 21 0 28 36
2 Shirak 14 10 2 2 39 14 7 5 1 1 21 6 7 5 1 1 18 8 25 32
3 Gandzasar 14 6 3 5 23 20 6 1 2 3 7 12 8 5 1 2 16 8 3 21
4 Pyunik II 15 5 2 8 28 32 8 2 1 5 12 20 7 3 1 3 16 12 -4 17
5 BKMA II 14 5 1 8 16 29 7 3 0 4 6 10 7 2 1 4 10 19 -13 16
6 Ararat-Armenia II 14 4 3 7 15 25 8 2 3 3 9 14 6 2 0 4 6 11 -10 15
7 Banants II 14 3 4 7 22 28 7 2 1 4 15 16 7 1 3 3 7 12 -6 13
8 Alashkert II 15 2 4 9 15 38 8 2 1 5 8 19 7 0 3 4 7 19 -23 10

Read more about First League

The First League is the second highest tier of Armenian football. It has twelve teams. Many of these are the reserve teams of Premier League clubs, who are not eligible for promotion. The twelve teams meet each other three times for a total of 33 fixtures to set the league table. One team is promoted.