Ararat-Armenia get ready to welcome Gandzasar for something different than the ordinary league football: The Armenian Cup Semi-finals leg 1 of 2.
The hosts Ararat-Armenia saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. This match was also played here at Armenia Football Academy grass. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Gandzasar have had more rest.
Ararat-Armenia form and stats
Last season, Ararat-Armenia's Armenian Cup journey ended in the semi-finals against Alashkert.7-2-0 is the performance here at Armenia Football Academy grass so far in the Premier League, giving Ararat-Armenia a total of 23 from their 9 games here. Outstanding results! In general it's been a long time since Ararat-Armenia tasted defeat here at Armenia Football Academy grass, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.
The Ararat-Armenia goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 292 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
A nice win for Ararat-Armenia last time playing, versus Shirak. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with F. Narsingh scoring for the victors. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Ararat.
The Ararat-Armenia manager V. Minasyan has got the team scoring with 20 from 9 home games in the league. Ararat-Armenia have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Gandzasar form and stats
Gandzasar's mission in Armenian Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals against Ararat-Armenia.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gandzasar so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in Gandzasar's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 2-2 vs Alashkert. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Pyunik's place.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Gandzasar have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Ararat-Armenia victories, three draws and four Gandzasar wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Kobyalko 4 goals | M. Lima Duarte Lopes 4 goals | D. Guz 3 goals |
Ararat-Armenia missing players
Gandzasar missing players
| Ararat-Armenia | Gandzasar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 58 | 24 | Scored | S | 17 | 37 | ||
| 24 | 8 | Conceded | C | 14 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 220 | 116 | Total Shots | T S | 84 | 223 | ||
| 108 | 57 | Shots on Target | S O | 33 | 94 | ||
| 44% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 39% | ||
| 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-Armenia | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 33 |
| 2 | Alashkert | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Lori | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Shirak | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Ararat | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Artsakh | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Pyunik | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Banants | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 23 |
| 9 | Gandzasar | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 10 | Yerevan | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 59 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 35 | -48 | 0 |