National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Artsakh or Ararat-Armenia that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Artsakh nor Ararat-Armenia as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Artsakh form and stats
Artsakh was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Armenian Cup. Alashkert was too strong.On the other hand, in the Armenian Cup, Artsakh has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Artsakh tasted defeat here at Armenia Football Academy grass, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
Artsakh's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Shirak. The home side are looking to build on that result. Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Ararat in a game that was won 1-0.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Artsakh played a great game against Shirak and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Artsakh are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Ararat-Armenia awaits in four days.
Artsakh have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and four practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Artsakh scored 7 goals and let in 7 goals during these four games.
Ararat-Armenia form and stats
Ararat-Armenia was sent out of Armenian Cup in the semi-finals last season, when Alashkert turned out to be too strong.When we have look at the Armenian Cup statistics, we find 4W-0D-0L. This is both home and away.
Two travels in a row for Ararat-Armenia, whose manager V. Minasyan could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Ararat. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Alashkert in the Premier League.
After this away game Ararat-Armenia return home for a Premier League game against Artsakh. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Just as the home team, Ararat-Armenia have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 4 Ararat-Armenia wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Artsakh one win, two draws and Ararat-Armenia six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Mayrovich 11 goals | V. Azarov 8 goals |  M. Lima Duarte Lopes 7 goals |
Artsakh missing players
Ararat-Armenia missing players
| Artsakh | Ararat-Armenia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 38 | 26 | Scored | S | 31 | 54 | ||
| 24 | 7 | Conceded | C | 11 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 28% | ||
| 5.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.1 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 204 | 109 | Total Shots | T S | 101 | 208 | ||
| 79 | 47 | Shots on Target | S O | 55 | 100 | ||
| 35% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | ||