Ararat-Armenia welcome Shirak as odds-on favourites: Big preview

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Competition: Sun 28.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yerevan Football Academy (1500 seats)

Ararat-Armenia will fight against Shirak in this Premier League fixture. All you need to know about the match can be found right here!

Insights:
  • Ararat-Armenia have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Premier League
  • Shirak have the the worst goal difference (-3) away in Premier League

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 Shirak.

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Ararat-Armenia form and stats

Ararat-Armenia have only played one Premier League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats from 16 matches.

Ararat-Armenia's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Shirak (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Alashkert the opponent.

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 13 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 10 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 7 matches were won by at least two goals.

Ararat-Armenia has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Shirak form and stats

Things could have gone better for Shirak in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. Shirak has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Mryan was the last player to score for the away team. Shirak haven't scored a league goal in the last 391 minutes.

Shirak lost away at Ararat-Armenia (0-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Ararat.

Something to take note of for sports gamblers contemplating a bet on only one (or no) team scoring in this match: This club have played 5 consecutive league games with just one or no team finding the net.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Shirak's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. Shirak have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Ararat-Armenia have won at least one point in the last 4 games (3-1-0) versus Shirak.

The fixture history shows this score when the teams played each other earlier this season; Ararat-Armenia - Shirak 3-0.

Top Goalscorers

Ararat-ArmeniaH. Pinto Servulo Firmino
H. Pinto Servulo Firmino
2 goals
Ararat-ArmeniaG. de Souza
G. de Souza
1 goals
Ararat-ArmeniaA. Avanesyan
A. Avanesyan
1 goals

Ararat-Armenia missing players

Shirak missing players

Ararat-Armenia Shirak
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 0 3 5
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 2 3
6 3 0 Scored S 0 1 1
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 4 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 80%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 40%
25% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 40%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 80%
 
5.5 11 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.7 5
4.8 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 6.8
1.8 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4 4.6
3.2 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.3 2.4
46% 60% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 8%
 
7.2 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8.3 7.4
2.5 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.7 2.8
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Ararat-Armenia have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the the best goal difference (+3) at home in Premier League
  • Shirak have the the worst goal difference (-3) away in Premier League
Ararat-Armenia Last season Shirak
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   14 28
23 10   Won W   11 22
5 4   Drew D   1 3
4 2   Lost L   2 3
56 30   Scored S   40 83
20 13   Conceded C   12 19
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 93%
69% 81%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 86%
47% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   79% 79%
12% 19%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   64% 50%
9% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 32%
41% 56%   BTTS BTTS   50% 46%
53% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 46%
12% 12%   Failed to Score F T   14% 14%
 
6.9 7.1   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
3.2 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.8 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 0
2 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
8.8 9.4   Shots (avg) S (   0 0
4.5 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 0
40% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 0%
 
5 6.1   Shots against (avg) S A   0 0
2.2 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0 0

  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 5 4 1 0 12 6 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 3 0 0 9 5 6 13
2 Van 5 3 1 1 5 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 3 0 1 3 1 2 10
3 Urartu 4 3 0 1 9 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 8 0 8 9
4 Ararat-Armenia 4 2 1 1 6 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 3 2 4 7
5 Ararat 5 2 1 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 -2 7
6 Lernayin Artsakh 4 1 1 2 2 3 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 4
7 Shirak 5 1 1 3 1 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 2 1 4 -5 4
8 Pyunik 3 1 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 3
9 BKMA 5 0 3 2 7 10 3 0 1 2 4 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 -3 3
10 Artsakh 4 0 1 3 5 13 3 0 0 3 3 11 1 0 1 0 2 2 -8 1

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.