Ararat will hope to draw on their home advantage to get one over today’s adversaries. The hosting team are currently 25 points behind Ararat-Armenia.
- Ararat have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ararat-Armenia have the most scored goals (55) in Premier League
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
There haven't been much to rest for the home team, as they were involved in a Premier League fixture only four days earlier. That game was an away game at Pyunik, so at least Ararat are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Ararat form and stats
7-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Ararat so far this season. Ararat has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Torosyan and the players.
In their previous game, the manager Torosyan led his Ararat to a defeat away at Pyunik. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht.
Before that game, the home loss against BKMA with the scoreline 1-2.The Ararat fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 15 league matches.
Ararat-Armenia form and stats
Ararat-Armenia's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Ararat-Armenia collect 37 points from their 15 away matches in the Premier League. 12 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Ararat-Armenia love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
It's the second away game in a row for Ararat-Armenia, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Urartu (placed 6th) last time out.
Before that, Ararat-Armenia secured a home win against Van with the score 1-0.The travelling fans enjoy Ararat-Armenia's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 15 league matches away. The Ararat-Armenia defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (7 goals in 15 games).
Head 2 Head
The latest recorded result between these teams is the Ararat-Armenia - Ararat 3-1 played earlier this season. Romércio (Ararat-Armenia) and Aliyu (Ararat) were sent off when these sides met earlier this season. Will it be as hard this time? As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Ararat victories, two draws and six Ararat-Armenia wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Lima Duarte Lopes 18 goals |  S. Deblé 12 goals | Y. Otubanjo 9 goals |
Ararat missing players
Ararat-Armenia missing players
| Ararat | Ararat-Armenia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | 22 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 47 | 26 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 25 | 55 |
| 35 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 20 |
| 94% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 93% | 94% |
| 65% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 71% |
| 45% | 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | 48% |
| 26% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 13% |
| 16% | 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 52% | 53% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 27% | 42% |
| 29% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 67% | 52% |
| 26% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 13% | 13% |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.9 |
| 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 1.6 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7.8 | 7.2 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7.9 | 8.7 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 38% | 45% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 40% | 40% |
| 5.9 | 5.4 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
- Ararat have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ararat-Armenia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ararat-Armenia have the most clean sheets (10) away in Premier League
- Ararat-Armenia have the most points from losing position (10) in Premier League
- Ararat-Armenia have the most scored goals (55) in Premier League
- Ararat-Armenia have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in Premier League
- Ararat-Armenia have the the best goal difference (+35) in Premier League
- Ararat-Armenia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Ararat-Armenia is in the best form (4-1-1) 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 | Pyunik | 31 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 27 | 74 |
| 2 | Ararat-Armenia | 31 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 35 | 71 |
| 3 | Alashkert | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 50 |
| 4 | Ararat | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 47 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 46 |
| 5 | Artsakh | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 43 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -5 | 39 |
| 6 | Urartu | 31 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 35 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 37 |
| 7 | Noravank | 31 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 34 | -20 | 25 |
| 8 | Van | 31 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 24 | -26 | 25 |
| 9 | BKMA | 31 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 57 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 28 | -34 | 18 |
| 10 | Junior Sevan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
