Home advantage could prove decisive in Alashkert - Pyunik battle

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Competition: Sun 18.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Nairi (6850 seats)

The Premier League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Alashkert and Pyunik are placed 4th and 9th respectively.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Alashkert form and stats

1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Alashkert, who have the most clean sheets (3) in Premier League, so far this season.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Shirak and winning 2-1.

Alashkert made it very difficult for themselves, when G. Daghbashyan got a red card in the 44th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Alashkert won the match 1-0! The victory against Van came after D. Davidyan's winning goal. The Alashkert manager E. Melikyan was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Alashkert have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost four.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Alashkert here at Stadion Nairi in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Alashkert have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Pyunik form and stats

The visitors are W1-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

Pyunik play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Lori (placed 6th). It was a Armenian Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Banants wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Pyunik have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were one victory, one draw and one defeat.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Pyunik's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. It's not easy to score on Pyunik as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Alashkert, three draws and four wins for Pyunik. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Alashkert missing players

Pyunik missing players

Alashkert Pyunik
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 3 1 Played P 2 4 5
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 0 Lost L 2 3 3
3 2 0 Scored S 0 2 2
2 2 0 Conceded C 2 3 3
75% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 80%
25% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 25% 20%
25% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
75% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 40%
25% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 80%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
19 19 5 Total Shots T S 10 28 32
8 8 1 Shots on Target S O 4 10 11
25% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 18%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Alashkert has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Premier League
  • Alashkert has the most clean sheets (2) at home in Premier League
  • Alashkert has the most clean sheets (3) in Premier League
  • Pyunik has the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Premier League
  • Pyunik has the most matches under the total-line (4) in Premier League
Alashkert Last season Pyunik
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 14   Played P   12 24
13 6   Won W   5 10
5 2   Drew D   2 2
9 6   Lost L   5 12
48 23   Scored S   26 45
31 16   Conceded C   21 42
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
81% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 88%
59% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   75% 79%
26% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 42%
15% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 25%
67% 71%   BTTS BTTS   67% 62%
15% 7%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 25%
22% 21%   Failed to Score F T   8% 12%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.3 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.9
4 2   Red cards R C   2 4
 
234 113   Total Shots T S   92 201
109 51   Shots on Target S O   39 74
40% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   51% 45%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Van 4 3 0 1 4 2 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 9
2 Artsakh 4 2 1 1 7 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 3 7
3 Banants 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 7
4 Alashkert 4 2 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 7
5 Ararat 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 6
6 Lori 4 2 0 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 6
7 Ararat-Armenia 4 1 2 1 9 3 3 1 1 1 9 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 5
8 Gandzasar 4 1 1 2 7 5 2 1 0 1 5 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 4
9 Pyunik 5 1 1 3 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 2 3 -1 4
10 Shirak 4 0 1 3 2 17 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 2 14 -15 1

Read more about Premier League

The Premier League is the top level of football in Armenia. It was founded in 1992; before that the Armenian top league was a regional tournament in the Soviet Union. The league has nine teams, most of them from the capital Yerevan. The teams play each other four times to create the final league table.