Can Yerevan surprise Alashkert in their own stadium?

It's no vacation for neither Alashkert nor Yerevan as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Yerevan have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 8-0-6 (win-draw-loss) from 14 matches. This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

Alashkert form and stats

Alashkert, who have the most scored goals (13) in Premier League, have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Premier League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

Alashkert's last game was hosting Yerevan (placed 10th) and winning 5-1. In the game before, an away victory match versus Pyunik with a 3-0 scoreline.

Alashkert are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Stadion Nairi with maximum points. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. 21 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Alashkert has won 12 times, drawn 2 and lost 7. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Alashkert has won by at least two goals 4 times when in this position.

Alashkert are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadion Nairi in their league games, having scored an impressive 8 goals in 3 attempts. 4 goals have been conceded.

Yerevan form and stats

Yerevan, who have the fewest scored goals (4) in Premier League, are still without points from their Premier League away games. 4 games, 4 defeats. Yerevan are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost seven in a row. It's been 14 days since they avoided defeat. (The Lokomotiv game.) It's all red in the travel logs of Yerevan, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Yerevan play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-5 to Alashkert (placed 4th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Lori.

Nobody expects Yerevan to collect points from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 15 times before, with the overall statistics of won 11, draw 0 and lost 4. When defeated, 1 match have been lost by two or more goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Yerevan as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. Yerevan are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 3 goals in these matches. There are big problems for the Yerevan defense as they have conceded 12 goals in 4 away games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Gustavo Marmentini 4 goals

R. Isaev 3 goals

Thiago Galvão 2 goals

Alashkert missing players

Yerevan missing players