The league table is allowed to rest as Pyunik and Banants battle for Armenian Cup honors in this first 8th Finals leg of two fixtures.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Banants's home stadium. The visitors last 39 games on grass have ended in 11 wins, 14 draws and 14 losses.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Pyunik form and stats
Last season their Armenian Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.Two Premier League home games so far for Pyunik, who are yet to win here at Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht. Only 2 points so far. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Ararat in the Premier League last time out and are looking for a win here. 0-0 away at Alashkert before that.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Pyunik at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Banants form and stats
Banants was sent out of Armenian Cup in the semi-finals last season.The visitors are W2-D2-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Banants are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Banants are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Lori. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Gandzasar at their stadium, the result 2-0.
Banants have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored. Banants's manager A. Grigoryan has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Banants - Pyunik 2-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Pyunik three wins, four draws and Banants three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Desire 6 goals |  A. Avanesyan 1 goals |  A. Kobyalko 1 goals |
Pyunik missing players
Banants missing players
| Pyunik | Banants | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 36 | 10 | Scored | S | 17 | 31 | ||
| 34 | 11 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 20% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 131 | 52 | Total Shots | T S | 89 | 161 | ||
| 45 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 28 | 54 | ||
| 49% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Banants | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | Ararat | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Lori | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 4 | Alashkert | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Van | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Artsakh | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Ararat-Armenia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | Gandzasar | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 9 | Pyunik | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Shirak | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 18 | -22 | 2 |