The Alashkert & Ararat-Armenia managers A. Grigoryan and A. Baydachniy are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier League league table.
- Alashkert have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ararat-Armenia have the most clean sheets (7) away in Premier League
The hosts Alashkert saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Ararat.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Alashkert form and stats
Alashkert have played 10 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Alashkert has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadion Nairi, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Alashkert enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ararat's place. The match ended 1-0 with V. Bezecourt scoring. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of A. Grigoryan when V. Bezecourt scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Ararat-Armenia and winning 2-1.Alashkert have scored 9 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. Alashkert have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Ararat-Armenia form and stats
The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (7) away in Premier League, are W4-D5-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Home advantage was not enough for Ararat-Armenia in their previous game, as they lost their Premier League-match, hosting Alashkert, 1-2. Late heartbreak for Ararat-Armenia in the Alashkert match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Ararat.The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Ararat-Armenia are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 4 goals away.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Ararat-Armenia - Alashkert 1-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Alashkert won two, Ararat-Armenia won four and four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Otubanjo 10 goals |  D. Davidyan 5 goals | A. Karapetyan 4 goals |
Alashkert missing players
Ararat-Armenia missing players
| Alashkert | Ararat-Armenia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 21 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 29 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 77% | 70% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 60% | 73% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 45% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 41% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 70% | 50% |
| 27% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5.7 | 7.6 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 5.3 | 6.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.9 | 2.9 |
| 45% | 36% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 44% |
- Alashkert have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ararat-Armenia have the most clean sheets (7) away in Premier League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alashkert | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 40 |
| 2 | Artsakh | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 38 |
| 3 | Ararat-Armenia | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | Banants | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 35 |
| 5 | Ararat | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | Van | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 25 |
| 7 | Lori | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 23 |
| 8 | Pyunik | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | Shirak | 22 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 48 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -34 | 10 |
| 10 | Gandzasar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |