Ararat-Armenia - Alashkert: Small difference between teams in Premier League clash

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Competition: Sat 22.May
Match begins: 12:45 (UTC)
Venue: Yerevan Football Academy (1500 seats)

Ararat-Armenia have performed better than Alashkert so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • Ararat-Armenia have the most clean sheets (11) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Alashkert have scored away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ararat-Armenia and Alashkert.

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

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Ararat-Armenia form and stats

Ararat-Armenia, who have the most clean sheets (11) in Premier League, have collected 18 points from their Premier League home games so far after 5-3-3. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Ararat-Armenia drew their last game, also a home match. Ararat (placed 3rd) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Banants.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ararat-Armenia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost one.

A decent goal production from Ararat-Armenia in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Ararat-Armenia have conceded only 10 goals.

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Alashkert form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Alashkert have produced an overall stat of 4-4-2 so far.

Alashkert are travelling again after losing away to Van in their previous match (1-3).

A loss against Ararat was the result prior to that, in a Armenian Cup home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Alashkert in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Alashkert, one draw and two defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Alashkert now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Ararat is waiting in only three days.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Alashkert as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Alashkert - Ararat-Armenia 0-0, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Ararat-Armenia, four draws and two wins for Alashkert. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Ararat-ArmeniaY. Otubanjo
Y. Otubanjo
10 goals
AlashkertD. Davidyan
D. Davidyan
5 goals
Ararat-ArmeniaA. Karapetyan
A. Karapetyan
4 goals

Ararat-Armenia missing players

Alashkert missing players

Ararat-Armenia Alashkert
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 3 10 20
9 5 1 Won W 1 4 9
8 3 0 Drew D 1 4 7
4 3 2 Lost L 1 2 4
28 21 5 Scored S 2 9 18
14 10 4 Conceded C 2 8 14
71% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 75%
48% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 45%
43% 64% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 30% 35%
19% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 5%
10% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 55% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 45%
52% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 50%
38% 27% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 30% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 3 5 5
 
6.4 7.3 5.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6 3.4 5.5
2.7 3.4 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 1.6 2.2
47% 56% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 64% 46%
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 at home.
  • Ararat-Armenia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Alashkert have scored away.
  • Ararat-Armenia have the most clean sheets (11) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the most scored goals (21) at home in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the the best goal difference (+14) 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 Artsakh 22 11 5 6 31 18 11 6 3 2 18 8 11 5 2 4 13 10 13 38
2 Ararat-Armenia 21 9 8 4 28 14 11 5 3 3 21 10 10 4 5 1 7 4 14 35
3 Ararat 20 9 7 4 26 13 9 5 3 1 14 4 11 4 4 3 12 9 13 34
4 Alashkert 20 9 7 4 18 14 10 5 3 2 9 6 10 4 4 2 9 8 4 34
5 Banants 21 9 5 7 22 19 11 6 1 4 12 9 10 3 4 3 10 10 3 32
6 Van 22 7 4 11 20 29 11 4 1 6 12 13 11 3 3 5 8 16 -9 25
7 Lori 16 7 2 7 16 20 8 4 1 3 8 6 8 3 1 4 8 14 -4 23
8 Pyunik 21 4 7 10 12 16 10 0 6 4 4 9 11 4 1 6 8 7 -4 19
9 Shirak 21 1 7 13 13 43 11 0 5 6 5 18 10 1 2 7 8 25 -30 10
10 Gandzasar 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.