Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ararat & Noah face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Armenian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Noah play their home fixtures on grass, while this game takes place on artifical turf. The latest stats for Noah when playing on artifical turf are 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats from four matches. They have scored 2 goals and conceded 9 times in these fixtures.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Ararat form and stats
Home games in the Premier League have been a walk in the park for Ararat so far, with 18 points won from 7 matches; 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht.
Ararat travelled for their previous game, a trip to Noravank that ended 1-1.
Ahead of that match, Ararat won a home game hosting Junior Sevan (3-1).Goals are plentiful at Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht in the league this season as Ararat has scored 19 goals here in 7 home games. Ararat have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Noah form and stats
Noah was sent out of Armenian Cup in the semi-finals last season, when Alashkert turned out to be too strong.3-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Noah in their Premier League matches away.
Noah aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 184 league minutes without a goal. P. Kireenko was the last player to find the net.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Ararat-Armenia with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Pyunik's place.Noah have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Noah have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ararat two wins, three draws and Noah five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Deblé 9 goals | D. Silue 6 goals | E. Malakyan 4 goals |
Ararat missing players
Noah missing players
| Ararat | Noah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 46 | 28 | Scored | S | 14 | 34 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Conceded | C | 25 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 8.7 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.4 | ||
| 38% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 51% | ||
| 7.5 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 6.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 22 | 37 |
| 2 | Pyunik | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 30 |
| 3 | Ararat | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Junior Sevan | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 5 | Banants | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Noah | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 18 |
| 7 | Alashkert | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Van | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 9 |
| 9 | Noravank | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 9 |
| 10 | BKMA | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -22 | 6 |