Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Urartu & Alashkert face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Armenian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Only a few days to rest for the host team, as they played a Premier League match only four days ago. This match was also played here at Urartu Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Alashkert have had more rest.
It should be mentioned that Alashkert play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Alashkert on artifical turf are 0 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat from two games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 1-3. You can compare this with overall results below.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Urartu form and stats
Last season their Armenian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Artsakh.When playing at home in the Premier League, Urartu have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games.
Urartu's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 5-0 versus BKMA. The home side are looking to build on that result. As mentioned above, Urartu "killed" BKMA in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Alashkert (1-2).With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (13 in 6 games), Urartu's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Urartu have conceded only 5 goals.
Alashkert form and stats
They also participated in Armenian Cup last season. This ended in the final.Playing away, Alashkert have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League this season.
Alashkert had fun at their own home (Urartu Stadium) last time out, beating Urartu 2-1. M. Milinković and D. Dosa scored.
A 0-2 defeat away at LASK Linz before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Alashkert manager M. Milanović as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against HJK.
The Alashkert manager M. Milanović has got the team scoring on the road, with 8 away goals in 4 league matches. In the opposite end, Alashkert have conceded 6 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Urartu wins - draws - Alashkert wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Grigoryan 4 goals | O. Polyakov 4 goals |  U. Iwu 3 goals |
Urartu missing players
Alashkert missing players
| Urartu | Alashkert | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 27 | 20 | Scored | S | 13 | 24 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 18 | 35 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 44% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 6.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 8.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 33% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 28% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| 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 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 34 |
| 2 | Pyunik | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Ararat | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Junior Sevan | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 5 | Urartu | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Artsakh | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 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 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -10 | 9 |
| 9 | Noravank | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 8 |
| 10 | BKMA | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -22 | 6 |