After the first game it's Ararat-Armenia - Gandzasar 1-0 in points. Who will triumph in this second Premier League game of the season?
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Champions League match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Omonia Nicosia, was also a home game here at Armenia Football Academy grass. The away team is better rested.
Ararat-Armenia form and stats
The Ararat-Armenia goalkeeper Stefan Cupic is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 360 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
The Ararat-Armenia crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Omonia Nicosia (after extra-time) here at Armenia Football Academy grass in a Champions League match. Before that, Ararat-Armenia played out a Premier League draw 0-0 when visiting Alashkert.
Last season, Ararat-Armenia's league statistics were 11 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the Premier League. Over these 18 matches they scored 33 goals and conceded 15. Playing at home last season Ararat-Armenia managed 7-2-0 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 5 conceded.
Gandzasar form and stats
Gandzasar have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier League were 2 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat from 3 fixtures.
Gandzasar play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Van (placed 1st). Preceding that game was the away victory against Pyunik with the score of 3-2.
1 goal so far away for Gandzasar, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Let's have a look at how Gandzasar performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 20 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 5/13 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Ararat-Armenia wins - draws - Gandzasar wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Ararat-Armenia missing players
Gandzasar missing players
| Ararat-Armenia | Gandzasar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| Ararat-Armenia | Last season | Gandzasar | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 23 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 45 | 27 | Scored | S | 11 | 28 | ||
| 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 16 | 29 | ||
| 86% | 71% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 78% | ||
| 46% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 43% | ||
| 18% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 17% | ||
| 7% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 9% | ||
| 50% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 57% | ||
| 39% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 26% | ||
| 25% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 22% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 256 | 124 | Total Shots | T S | 81 | 214 | ||
| 124 | 64 | Shots on Target | S O | 30 | 84 | ||
| 35% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Van | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Ararat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Artsakh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Shirak | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Alashkert | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Ararat-Armenia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Gandzasar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Pyunik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 52 |
| 2 | Artsakh | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 48 |
| 3 | Alashkert | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 47 |
| 4 | Shirak | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 46 |
| 5 | Lori | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 40 |
| 6 | Ararat | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -12 | 33 |