The league table is allowed to rest as Alashkert and Noah battle for Armenian Cup honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
Alashkert and Noah should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Alashkert form and stats
Last season, Alashkert's Armenian Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.When playing at home in the Premier League, Alashkert have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games. 4W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Armenian Cup for Alashkert.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Ognjen Cancarevic not having conceded a league goal in 317 minutes.
The victory against Urartu came after W. Gome's winning goal. The Alashkert manager A. Khashmanyan was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when W. Gome scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time.
Alashkert have scored 8 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Alashkert are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Nairi in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches.
Noah form and stats
Noah's mission in Armenian Cup last season failed in the final.The visitors are W4-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Before that, Noah secured a home win against Pyunik with the score 1-0.
Noah are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. Noah have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Alashkert won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Noah has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eightTop Goalscorers
  V. Azarov 6 goals |  D. Davidyan 5 goals | A. Glišić 3 goals |
Alashkert missing players
Noah missing players
| Alashkert | Noah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Scored | S | 15 | 41 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 18 | 33 | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 43% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7.7 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | ||
| 45% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 55% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ararat | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Alashkert | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30 |
| 3 | Ararat-Armenia | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 29 |
| 4 | Noah | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Urartu | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | Van | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 24 |
| 7 | Lori | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 23 |
| 8 | Pyunik | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Shirak | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -30 | 9 |
| 10 | Gandzasar | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |