First League: Mika Yerevan - Gandzasar pre-match thoughts and facts

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Competition: Armenia First League
Competition: Fri 10.March
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mika (7140 seats)

Mika Yerevan have had problems winning points this season. Could they get something when Gandzasar visit Mika?

Insights:
  • Mika Yerevan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Gandzasar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Mika Yerevan form and stats

With 3 First League wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Mika Yerevan are certainly not brimming with confidence. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Mika, with the home team losing six in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Alashkert II game.

In their previous game, the manager Sargsyan led his Mika Yerevan to a defeat away at BKMA II. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Mika. As you see from the result above, Yerevan suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Before that game, the home loss against Gandzasar with the scoreline 0-1.

Mika Yerevan has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded. When Mika Yerevan hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Alashkert II, Lernayin Artsakh II and Gandzasar), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Gandzasar form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their First League travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Mika Yerevan.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-0 against Ararat-Armenia II in their previous game.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus BKMA II.

A fact for sports bettors contemplating a bet on only one (or no) side scoring in this game: This club have played 5 consecutive league games with just one or no team finding the net.

Gandzasar are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved encountered each other before this season: Gandzasar - Mika Yerevan 3-1.

Mika Yerevan missing players

Gandzasar missing players

Mika Yerevan Gandzasar
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 3 9 19
6 3 0 Won W 3 5 12
1 0 0 Drew D 0 2 3
12 6 2 Lost L 0 2 4
22 12 1 Scored S 8 13 39
46 17 5 Conceded C 3 9 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 74%
74% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 33% 47%
53% 44% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 22% 37%
37% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 11% 11%
53% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 47%
11% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 37%
37% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 16%
 
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:
  • Gandzasar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Gandzasar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Mika Yerevan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Mika Yerevan have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Mika Yerevan 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 Ararat II 20 16 1 3 53 21 10 8 0 2 31 12 10 8 1 1 22 9 32 49
2 West Armenia 19 14 2 3 47 17 9 6 2 1 14 5 10 8 0 2 32 12 30 44
3 Ararat-Armenia II 20 13 2 5 42 28 10 7 1 2 24 14 10 6 1 3 18 14 14 41
4 Gandzasar 19 12 3 4 39 17 10 7 1 2 26 8 9 5 2 2 13 9 22 39
5 BKMA II 19 12 2 5 48 23 10 6 1 3 27 14 9 6 1 2 21 8 25 38
6 Pyunik II 19 10 1 8 38 26 9 5 1 3 20 11 10 5 0 5 18 15 12 31
7 Banants II 20 8 2 10 35 38 10 5 1 4 18 12 10 3 1 6 17 26 -3 26
8 Shirak II 18 6 1 11 19 25 9 4 0 5 10 9 9 2 1 6 9 16 -6 19
9 Mika Yerevan 19 6 1 12 22 46 9 3 0 6 12 17 10 3 1 6 10 29 -24 19
10 Gandzasar 20 6 0 14 27 37 10 4 0 6 19 17 10 2 0 8 8 20 -10 18
11 Alashkert II 19 3 1 15 17 60 10 2 1 7 11 26 9 1 0 8 6 34 -43 10
12 Lernayin Artsakh II 18 0 2 16 18 67 9 0 1 8 9 38 9 0 1 8 9 29 -49 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.