Game preview: Home fans have high expectations when Ararat-Armenia receive Alashkert

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Competition: Tue 19.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yerevan Football Academy (1500 seats)

Ararat-Armenia have delivered great football so far this season, proven by 1st spot in the table. Alashkert can look both ways from their 4th position.

Insights:
  • Ararat-Armenia have the most scored goals (48) in Premier League

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

It's no vacation for neither Ararat-Armenia nor Alashkert 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.

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Ararat-Armenia form and stats

27 points is a decent return from 12 Premier League games here at Yerevan Football Academy for Ararat-Armenia. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

The spoils were shared in Ararat-Armenia's previous game, also at home. Visiting Alashkert (placed 4th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Ararat in a game that was won 3-1.

Goals decide football matches and Ararat-Armenia are scoring many of them at home; 26 on target from 12 league matches. Ararat-Armenia have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Alashkert form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Ararat-Armenia (placed 1st) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Pyunik's place.

Alashkert have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 15 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved faced each other earlier this season: Ararat-Armenia - Alashkert 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Ararat-Armenia wins - draws - Alashkert wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Ararat-ArmeniaM. Lima Duarte Lopes
M. Lima Duarte Lopes
16 goals
Ararat-ArmeniaY. Otubanjo
Y. Otubanjo
9 goals
Ararat-ArmeniaW. Eza
W. Eza
7 goals

Ararat-Armenia missing players

Alashkert missing players

Ararat-Armenia Alashkert
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 4 12 24
18 8 2 Won W 1 5 11
4 3 1 Drew D 1 3 5
3 1 0 Lost L 2 4 8
48 26 9 Scored S 4 15 29
17 11 3 Conceded C 7 11 24
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
76% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 67%
56% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 42%
16% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 17%
12% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 8%
44% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 33%
52% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 50% 46%
12% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 33%
 
7.3 7.8 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.2 4
3 3.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2.7 3.7
1.9 2.2 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2 2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.7 9.4 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 7.9 7.8
4.7 5.2 7.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.4 3.9
42% 42% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 41% 32%
 
5 5.9 7 Shots against (avg) S A 6.2 5.2 6.8
2.2 2.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 2.9 3.5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Ararat-Armenia 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 matches over the total-line (11) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the most points (27) at home in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the most scored goals (26) at home in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the most scored goals (48) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the the best goal difference (+31) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ararat-Armenia 25 18 4 3 48 17 12 8 3 1 26 11 13 10 1 2 22 6 31 58
2 Pyunik 24 18 3 3 40 19 10 6 2 2 14 11 14 12 1 1 26 8 21 57
3 Ararat 25 11 6 8 38 28 12 6 2 4 20 12 13 5 4 4 18 16 10 39
4 Alashkert 24 11 5 8 29 24 12 6 2 4 14 13 12 5 3 4 15 11 5 38
5 Banants 23 7 9 7 27 22 11 3 5 3 13 8 12 4 4 4 14 14 5 30
6 Artsakh 25 7 9 9 29 35 13 4 4 5 15 12 12 3 5 4 14 23 -6 30
7 Noravank 24 5 5 14 23 36 13 4 3 6 17 16 11 1 2 8 6 20 -13 20
8 Van 24 4 5 15 14 38 13 3 3 7 10 19 11 1 2 8 4 19 -24 17
9 BKMA 24 3 4 17 19 48 13 3 1 9 12 24 11 0 3 8 7 24 -29 13
10 Junior Sevan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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.