The league table is allowed to rest as Ararat and Ararat-Armenia battle for Armenian Cup honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Ararat-Armenia have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 3-1-0 (win-draw-loss) from four matches.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Ararat form and stats
Ararat participated in Armenian Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Ararat have performed here at Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht this season with 6 wins from 9 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. On the other hand, in the Armenian Cup, Ararat has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Heartbreak before that as Ararat lost 0-1 at Urartu's place.
A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Noah) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3.
A decent goal production from Ararat in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. Ararat have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ararat-Armenia form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Ararat-Armenia, as they won the Armenian Cup.The visitors are W3-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
The game before that, in the Premier League, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Van.
The attacking power of Ararat-Armenia when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Ararat-Armenia are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Ararat wins - draws - Ararat-Armenia wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Otubanjo 8 goals |  M. Kone 6 goals | U. Nenadović 5 goals |
Ararat missing players
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| Ararat | Ararat-Armenia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | ||
| 37 | 26 | Scored | S | 6 | 33 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Conceded | C | 9 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 30% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 10% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6.9 | 6.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.6 | 6.9 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 49% | 66% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 52% | ||
| 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 |