National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Banants or Pyunik that keep their silverware dream alive.
Banants and Pyunik 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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Pyunik 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 1-1-2 (win-draw-loss) from four matches.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Banants form and stats
Last season their Armenian Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Banants have to build on here at Clarke Stadium in the Premier League.
It's back home for Banants, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Alashkert away with the result 2-1. J. Desire (2) found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the away draw at Pyunik that finished 0-0.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Artsakh are coming to town in four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Banants's 1 home game: 3 goals, 0 conceded.
Pyunik form and stats
Pyunik's mission in Armenian Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.Things could have gone better for Pyunik in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Pyunik play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Gandzasar. Prior to that match, the Pyunik manager A. Oseyan faced defeat when travelling to Van and losing 0-1.
The attacking power of Pyunik when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Banants, four draws and three wins for Pyunik. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Desire 2 goals |  A. Avanesyan 1 goals |  A. Kobyalko 1 goals |
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| Banants | Pyunik | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Scored | S | 27 | 37 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Conceded | C | 26 | 38 | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 32% | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 131 | 49 | Total Shots | T S | 79 | 162 | ||
| 58 | 26 | Shots on Target | S O | 28 | 64 | ||
| 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Van | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Banants | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Artsakh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Alashkert | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Pyunik | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Ararat | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Lori | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 8 | Ararat-Armenia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 9 | Shirak | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Gandzasar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 1 |