First League duel: Close contest expected between Pyunik II and Gandzasar

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Competition: Armenia First League
Competition: Thu 19.May
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pyunik Training Centre (1400 seats)

Which team will claim the points when Gandzasar go to play Pyunik II? In this pre-match guide you'll find all the relevant info and stats required to predict the outcome.

Insights:
  • Pyunik II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gandzasar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Pyunik and Gandzasar.

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Pyunik II form and stats

4-2-7 (win-draw-lost) are the First League numbers at home for Pyunik II so far this season.

Pyunik II faced defeat in their previous match, away at BKMA II (2-5). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Preceding that match was a defeat to Shirak (1-2).

A decent goal production from Pyunik II in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 13 league matches. Pyunik II are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (30 from 13 played).

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Gandzasar form and stats

Playing away, Gandzasar have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the First League this season.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Ararat-Armenia II in their previous game.

Prior to that match, the Gandzasar manager Barseghyan faced defeat when travelling to Lernayin Artsakh and losing 1-4.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gandzasar playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 3 Gandzasar wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Gandzasar are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 13 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Gandzasar have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This duo met each other earlier this campaign: Gandzasar - Pyunik II 3-2. Pyunik II-Gandzasar H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Pyunik one win, Gandzasar two wins, zero draws. three of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Pyunik II missing players

Gandzasar missing players

Pyunik II Gandzasar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 2 Played P 2 13 27
9 4 1 Won W 0 6 10
4 2 1 Drew D 1 3 7
14 7 0 Lost L 1 4 10
51 24 5 Scored S 0 22 38
54 30 2 Conceded C 1 15 41
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 85% 89%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 77% 81%
78% 92% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 62% 59%
56% 62% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 41%
48% 46% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 23% 22%
70% 77% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 46% 52%
15% 8% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 30%
19% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 31% 30%
 
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:
  • All of Pyunik II's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gandzasar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pyunik II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pyunik II haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 26 22 3 1 62 11 13 11 2 0 27 8 13 11 1 1 35 3 51 69
2 Shirak 26 20 3 3 73 18 13 10 2 1 36 7 13 10 1 2 37 11 55 63
3 Gandzasar 26 9 7 10 36 40 13 3 4 6 14 25 13 6 3 4 22 15 -4 34
4 Pyunik II 26 9 4 13 49 49 13 4 2 7 24 30 13 5 2 6 25 19 0 31
5 Ararat-Armenia II 26 8 7 11 32 38 13 4 4 5 16 18 13 4 3 6 16 20 -6 31
6 Banants II 26 7 7 12 37 47 13 4 3 6 23 26 13 3 4 6 14 21 -10 28
7 BKMA II 26 7 4 15 29 55 13 4 2 7 14 21 13 3 2 8 15 34 -26 25
8 Alashkert II 26 2 5 19 23 83 13 2 1 10 11 41 13 0 4 9 12 42 -60 11

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.