Premier League match preview: Ararat believed to be the weaker party when Ararat-Armenia pays a visit

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Competition: Mon 27.February
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Charentsavan City Stadium

This could be an action-packed fixture as Ararat have their presumed home advantage, while Ararat-Armenia have an edge of 21 points in the Premier League table.

Insights:
  • Ararat have the fewest scored goals (12) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the most scored goals (40) in Premier League

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Ararat form and stats

Ararat, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in Premier League, have collected 11 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-2-4. Ararat have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The Ararat goalkeeper Gor Manukyan is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 199 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Ararat, who played 0-0 against BKMA. That match was also played at this venue (Charentsavan City Stadium).

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Alashkert.

It should be taken into account that a peek at the 20 latest league matches reveals that 15 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Ararat has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {4 goals} from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Ararat are not conceding a lot of goals here at Charentsavan City Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.

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Ararat-Armenia form and stats

Ararat-Armenia have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 6-2-2 from 10 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Ararat-Armenia as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Impressive finishing from da Conceição secured the home win 1-0 against Lernayin Artsakh in their previous game. Ararat-Armenia made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, Udo receiving a red card in the 66th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Ararat-Armenia won the match 1-0!

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Pyunik.

Ararat-Armenia have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 21 goals from 10 away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

Ararat-Armenia have won every one of the 6 latest fixtures against this opponent. Another win today?

The previous head to head meeting ended Ararat-Armenia - Ararat 2-1, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Ararat-ArmeniaW. Eza
W. Eza
9 goals
Ararat-ArmeniaH. Pinto Servulo Firmino
H. Pinto Servulo Firmino
9 goals
Ararat-ArmeniaT. Yenne
T. Yenne
7 goals

Ararat missing players

Ararat-Armenia missing players

Ararat Ararat-Armenia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 9 2 Played P 2 10 20
6 3 1 Won W 1 6 13
4 2 0 Drew D 1 2 4
10 4 1 Lost L 0 2 3
12 4 1 Scored S 5 21 40
19 7 2 Conceded C 1 7 11
80% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
50% 33% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 70%
25% 11% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 55%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
25% 11% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 35%
45% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 55%
50% 67% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 15%
 
4.1 3.8 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.3 6.8
5.2 5.9 8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.2 4
2 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.1 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6.3 5.2 3.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9 10.2
2.7 2.2 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.2 4.8
22% 20% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 71% 50% 42%
 
7.2 6.1 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 6.5 5.5
3.5 2.3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.4 2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Ararat have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
  • Ararat have the fewest scored goals (12) in Premier League
  • Ararat have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Premier League
  • Ararat have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Premier League
  • Ararat have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ararat-Armenia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ararat-Armenia have scored more than double the goals of Ararat.
  • Ararat-Armenia have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the most clean sheets (11) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the most scored goals (40) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the the best goal difference (+29) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Banants 20 15 2 3 37 15 10 6 1 3 13 11 10 9 1 0 24 4 22 47
2 Ararat-Armenia 20 13 4 3 40 11 10 7 2 1 19 4 10 6 2 2 21 7 29 43
3 Pyunik 20 11 4 5 28 15 10 7 0 3 17 8 10 4 4 2 11 7 13 37
4 Alashkert 20 10 4 6 32 24 10 5 3 2 15 5 10 5 1 4 17 19 8 34
5 Van 20 7 6 7 19 25 10 2 3 5 8 17 10 5 3 2 11 8 -6 27
6 Ararat 20 6 4 10 12 19 9 3 2 4 4 7 11 3 2 6 8 12 -7 22
7 Lernayin Artsakh 20 5 6 9 14 20 10 1 4 5 5 10 10 4 2 4 9 10 -6 21
8 Shirak 20 6 3 11 14 27 10 2 2 6 7 16 10 4 1 5 7 11 -13 21
9 BKMA 20 2 7 11 15 30 10 1 3 6 10 20 10 1 4 5 5 10 -15 13
10 Noah 20 2 6 12 18 43 11 2 3 6 12 21 9 0 3 6 6 22 -25 12

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.