Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Van & Noravank face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Armenian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Premier League match only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Lori.
Van form and stats
Van participated in Armenian Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.Perfect Premier League season at home so far for Van 2 wins from 2 appearances. In general it's been a long time since Van tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league. Van has a nice streak going on as they have played 18 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Junior Sevan defeat 317 days ago.
The Van goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 242 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
A good away victory last time out for Van, who won 1-0 against Lori. Ahead of that match, Van won a home game hosting Pyunik (1-0).
Van are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. nine earlier games are comparable to this one, and Van has won seven times, drawn two and lost zero. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Van has won by at least two goals six times when in this position.
Early season league goal statistics from Van's 2 home games: 3 goals, 1 conceded.
Noravank form and stats
Noravank are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the First League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss). Recent form does not give Noravank much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Van will be a tough nut to crack.
Nobody expects Noravank to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath two times before, with the overall statistics of won one, draw zero and lost one. When defeated, zero matches have been lost by two or more goals.
It's early days yet, but Noravank has scored 5 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  W. Eza 2 goals | M. Manasyan 1 goals | E. Movsesyan 1 goals |
Van missing players
Noravank missing players
| Van | Noravank | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 71 | 38 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 177 | 103 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | ||
| 81 | 50 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 43% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 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 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lernayin Artsakh | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Junior Sevan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 12 |
| 3 | Banants II | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | BKMA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 5 | West Armenia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Pyunik II | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 7 | Noravank | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Shirak II | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Ararat II | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Ararat-Armenia II | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -9 | 1 |
| 11 | Alashkert II | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -12 | 1 |