With their 5 point advantage in the league table, Ararat fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Banants.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Ararat form and stats
4-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Ararat so far this season.
A. Kozlov was the last player to score a league goal for Ararat and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Ararat haven't scored in 270 minutes.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Ararat, who played 0-0 against Lori. That match was also played at this venue (Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht). Preceding that match was a defeat to Ararat-Armenia (0-3).
Ararat are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. Ararat have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Banants form and stats
Playing away, Banants have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Premier League this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Banants goalkeeper Anatoliy Ayvazov is eager to challenge this, with his 286 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Banants might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Artsakh proved too strong as Banants slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Banants. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Lori in the Premier League.
Banants find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Banants have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Banants - Ararat 1-0, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ararat won one game, one match ended with a draw and Banants has eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  E. Kobzar 5 goals |  D. Dedechko 4 goals |  A. Kozlov 4 goals |
Ararat missing players
Banants missing players
| Ararat | Banants | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 24 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 65% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 41% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 50% |
| 24% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| 18% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 53% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 24% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| 5.4 | 3.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6.9 | 5.7 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 146 | 79 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 54 | 103 |
| 60 | 32 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 28 | 52 |
| 40% | 31% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 32% | 35% |
- Ararat has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
- Ararat have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Banants has the most dropped points from leading position (15)
- Banants have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Banants have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 33 |
| 2 | Alashkert | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Lori | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Shirak | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Ararat | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Artsakh | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Pyunik | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Banants | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 23 |
| 9 | Gandzasar | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 10 | Yerevan | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 59 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 35 | -48 | 0 |