Gyumri City Stadium: Shirak II vs Lokomotiv First League preview

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Competition: Armenia First League
Competition: Wed 24.June
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gyumri City Stadium (3000 seats)

Struggling Shirak II will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Lokomotiv in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Lokomotiv could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a First League game only four sleeps ago.

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Shirak II form and stats

The story so far in the First League for Shirak II at their home stadium (Gyumri City Stadium) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. Two home wins in a row for Shirak II bring valid hopes of a third.

As you see from the result above, Shirak suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

There will be little rest for Shirak II after this match as they are travelling to Ararat II for a First League game in only four days.

Shirak II have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Gyumri City Stadium with 21 goals in 13 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Shirak defense is not exactly impregnable. 22 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Lokomotiv form and stats

Lokomotiv have an excellent away record in the First League so far with 9-2-1 from 12 games. Things are running smoothly for Lokomotiv who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 23 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Van. Lokomotiv are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eleven in a row without losing.

A new game in only four days for Lokomotiv, the First League home match versus Pyunik II. Busy days.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 33 goals in 12 league games away this season. Lokomotiv have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Lokomotiv - Shirak II 2-1. Last four meetings between the teams: Shirak won zero, Lokomotiv won four and zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Shirak II missing players

Lokomotiv missing players

Shirak II Lokomotiv
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 4 12 25
6 5 1 Won W 4 9 20
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 4
15 6 2 Lost L 0 1 1
35 21 4 Scored S 19 33 62
63 22 6 Conceded C 5 15 23
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
77% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 88%
69% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 72%
46% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 58% 44%
31% 23% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 75% 25% 20%
50% 54% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 67% 60%
19% 23% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 36%
38% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 8%
 
1.4 2 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 3.9 3.6
4.3 4.6 8 Corners against (avg) C A 1.3 1.1 1.5
0.6 0.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
34 32 12 Total Shots T S 48 87 169
20 18 7 Shots on Target S O 28 39 74
105% 83% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 62% 64%
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Lokomotiv have created more than twice as many corners as Shirak II.
  • Lokomotiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lokomotiv have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Lokomotiv have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Lokomotiv haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Shirak II has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2)
  • Shirak II has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5)
  • Shirak II have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Shirak II have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Armenia 25 21 3 1 75 31 12 9 2 1 31 17 13 12 1 0 44 14 44 66
2 Lokomotiv 25 20 4 1 62 23 13 11 2 0 29 8 12 9 2 1 33 15 39 64
3 Van 24 18 4 2 69 17 12 9 2 1 38 10 12 9 2 1 31 7 52 58
4 Ararat-Armenia II 25 15 2 8 72 43 13 8 1 4 46 17 12 7 1 4 26 26 29 47
5 Junior Sevan 26 14 5 7 47 34 12 8 2 2 25 16 14 6 3 5 22 18 13 47
6 Alashkert II 26 14 4 8 68 38 13 7 1 5 37 23 13 7 3 3 31 15 30 46
7 Banants II 25 13 3 9 70 33 12 7 2 3 31 10 13 6 1 6 39 23 37 42
8 BKMA 24 13 2 9 58 34 12 7 0 5 28 19 12 6 2 4 30 15 24 41
9 Ararat II 25 9 4 12 53 52 13 5 1 7 32 31 12 4 3 5 21 21 1 31
10 Lernayin Artsakh 23 6 5 12 39 38 12 4 2 6 20 14 11 2 3 6 19 24 1 23
11 Aragats 25 6 5 14 49 64 13 2 4 7 23 28 12 4 1 7 26 36 -15 23
12 Shirak II 26 6 5 15 35 63 13 5 2 6 21 22 13 1 3 9 14 41 -28 23
13 Torpedo Yerevan 25 7 2 16 35 84 13 3 2 8 18 43 12 4 0 8 17 41 -49 23
14 Ani Yerevan 25 6 3 16 30 86 13 3 1 9 13 45 12 3 2 7 17 41 -56 21
15 Masis 24 5 4 15 42 75 11 2 3 6 26 43 13 3 1 9 16 32 -33 19
16 Dilijan 24 4 3 17 31 94 12 3 2 7 18 41 12 1 1 10 13 53 -63 15
17 Pyunik II 25 4 2 19 42 68 12 3 1 8 25 29 13 1 1 11 17 39 -26 14

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.