Soccer preview: Home supporters have high expectations when Ararat-Armenia welcome Noah

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Competition: Fri 09.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yerevan Football Academy (1500 seats)

Noah have travelled here for an interesting fight versus the home team Ararat-Armenia. Prepare for the game with this full Premier League preview!

Insights:
  • Ararat-Armenia have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Premier League
  • Noah have the most conceded goals (16) 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.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Ararat-Armenia form and stats

The hosts won their first Premier League game here at Yerevan Football Academy, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Ararat-Armenia last season were 10 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses from 16 games.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Ararat-Armenia, as their goalkeeper Vsevolod Ermakov has completely shut out the opponents for 218 minutes in the Premier League.

It's back home for Ararat-Armenia, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Van away with the result 4-0. Duarte (2) and Eza (2) found the net in that victory. As mentioned above, Ararat-Armenia "killed" Van in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Before that, Ararat-Armenia had a home game versus Shirak which ended with a victory 3-0.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Ararat-Armenia home games with this odds we find 12 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 9 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 7 matches were won by at least two goals.

Early season league goal statistics from Ararat-Armenia's 1 home game: 3 goals, 0 conceded.

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Noah form and stats

The Premier League season is young and Noah have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Salou was the last player to score for the away team. Noah haven't scored a league goal in the last 270 minutes.

Noah's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Ararat that finished 0-0.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Pyunik wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

2 goals so far away for Noah, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the previous ten meetings involving these two sides are: five wins for Ararat-Armenia, four draws and one win for Noah. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Ararat-ArmeniaJ. Duarte Durán
J. Duarte Durán
2 goals
Ararat-ArmeniaW. Eza
W. Eza
2 goals
Ararat-ArmeniaH. Pinto Servulo Firmino
H. Pinto Servulo Firmino
2 goals

Ararat-Armenia missing players

Noah missing players

Ararat-Armenia Noah
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 1 1 Played P 0 2 6
3 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 4
10 3 3 Scored S 0 2 5
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 5 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 83%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 67%
40% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 67%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
20% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 33%
60% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 67%
 
6.4 11 11 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.5 4.8
4.8 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.5 5.2
1.6 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.6 13 13 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 7
3.6 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 2.7
56% 60% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 31%
 
7 6 6 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 8
2.4 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.5 5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Ararat-Armenia's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Noah's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Ararat-Armenia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ararat-Armenia have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Ararat-Armenia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Ararat-Armenia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Ararat-Armenia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Noah have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Noah have the fewest points (1) away in Premier League
  • Noah have the most conceded goals (16) in Premier League
  • Noah have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Premier League
  • Noah have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Premier League
  • Noah have yet to win a game.
  • Noah is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alashkert 6 5 1 0 15 6 3 2 1 0 6 1 3 3 0 0 9 5 9 16
2 Banants 6 4 0 2 15 5 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 3 0 0 12 1 10 12
3 Pyunik 6 4 0 2 6 2 5 3 0 2 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 12
4 Van 7 3 2 2 6 8 2 0 1 1 2 6 5 3 1 1 4 2 -2 11
5 Ararat-Armenia 5 3 1 1 10 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 2 1 1 7 2 8 10
6 Ararat 6 2 2 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 2 1 1 2 -2 8
7 Lernayin Artsakh 7 2 1 4 5 7 4 0 1 3 1 4 3 2 0 1 4 3 -2 7
8 Shirak 7 1 2 4 2 10 3 0 2 1 1 3 4 1 0 3 1 7 -8 5
9 BKMA 6 0 3 3 8 14 4 0 1 3 5 11 2 0 2 0 3 3 -6 3
10 Noah 6 0 2 4 5 16 4 0 1 3 3 11 2 0 1 1 2 5 -11 2

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.