Football match preview: Banants II vs Ararat II

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Competition: Armenia First League
Competition: Fri 25.November
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Banants-3 (3500 seats)

This has the potential to be an engrossing game as Banants II have their expected home advantage, while Ararat II have an edge of 14 points in the First League table.

Insights:
  • Banants II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ararat II have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Banants II form and stats

4 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Banants II have to build on here at Banants-3 in the First League.

Banants drew their last game, 1-1 away at West Armenia (placed 2nd).

Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Mika Yerevan.

The Banants II fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. Banants II's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ararat II form and stats

Ararat II have an excellent away record in the First League so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Ararat II on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Ararat II's previous game was their home loss versus Pyunik II (0-4). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Pyunik II was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Lernayin Artsakh II.

The Ararat manager has got the team scoring on the road, with 15 away goals in 7 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the contenders played each other earlier this campaign; Ararat II - Banants II 7-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Banants II wins - draws - Ararat II wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Banants II missing players

Ararat II missing players

Banants II Ararat II
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 3 7 15
6 4 0 Won W 1 5 11
2 1 1 Drew D 1 1 1
8 3 2 Lost L 1 1 3
29 15 2 Scored S 4 15 41
31 9 5 Conceded C 6 7 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 86% 93%
56% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 67%
44% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 43% 53%
38% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 29% 33%
50% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 43% 40%
25% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 57% 47%
25% 12% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 13%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Ararat II have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ararat II have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Ararat II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Banants II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 BKMA II 16 11 2 3 43 20 8 5 1 2 22 13 8 6 1 1 21 7 23 35
2 West Armenia 16 11 2 3 37 16 8 5 2 1 9 5 8 6 0 2 28 11 21 35
3 Ararat II 15 11 1 3 41 18 8 6 0 2 26 11 7 5 1 1 15 7 23 34
4 Ararat-Armenia II 16 10 2 4 36 23 8 5 1 2 19 12 8 5 1 2 17 11 13 32
5 Gandzasar 16 9 3 4 34 17 8 5 1 2 22 8 8 4 2 2 12 9 17 30
6 Pyunik II 16 9 1 6 31 21 8 4 1 3 15 10 8 5 0 3 16 11 10 28
7 Banants II 16 6 2 8 29 31 8 4 1 3 15 9 8 2 1 5 14 22 -2 20
8 Shirak II 16 6 1 9 18 21 8 4 0 4 10 7 8 2 1 5 8 14 -3 19
9 Mika Yerevan 16 5 1 10 19 40 8 3 0 5 12 16 8 2 1 5 7 24 -21 16
9 Mika 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Gandzasar 15 5 0 10 24 28 7 4 0 3 17 11 8 1 0 7 7 17 -4 15
11 Alashkert II 16 3 1 12 17 50 8 2 1 5 11 21 8 1 0 7 6 29 -33 10
12 Lernayin Artsakh II 16 0 2 14 16 60 8 0 1 7 8 36 8 0 1 7 8 24 -44 2

Read more about First League

The First League is the second highest tier of Armenian football. It has twelve teams. Many of these are the reserve teams of Premier League clubs, who are not eligible for promotion. The twelve teams meet each other three times for a total of 33 fixtures to set the league table. One team is promoted.