Premier League match preview and statistics: Ararat fight Gandzasar

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Date: Thu 30.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gyumri City Stadium (3500 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 9th and the visitors in 7th place.

The hosts Ararat saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League.

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Ararat form and stats

Ararat's struggle is real here at Gyumri City Stadium with only 12 points collected from 15 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 3-3-9. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Gyumri City Stadium.

In their previous game, the manager S. Sargsyan led his Ararat to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Pyunik. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Gyumri City Stadium. Before that, Ararat had a home game versus Lori which ended with a victory 1-0.

Ararat have scored 12 goals here in 15 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 25 goals have been conceded.

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Gandzasar form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

Gandzasar delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Lori in their previous match; a Premier League game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Banants at their stadium, the result 5-0.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 15 away games, an average of less than one per game. Gandzasar have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Gandzasar - Ararat 1-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Ararat won 2, Gandzasar won 8 and 0 draws. 5 games with over 2,5 goals, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Manasyan
6 goals
G. Harutyunyan
4 goals
G. Nranyan
2 goals

Ararat missing players

Gandzasar missing players

Ararat Gandzasar
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
31 15 2 Played 2 15 31
5 3 1 Won 0 4 9
7 3 1 Drew 1 4 8
19 9 0 Lost 1 7 14
23 12 2 Scored 2 13 31
53 25 1 Conceded 4 16 32
90% 87% 50% Over 0.5 100% 80% 84%
61% 53% 50% Over 1.5 100% 60% 61%
45% 40% 50% Over 2.5 50% 27% 32%
26% 27% 0% Over 3.5 50% 20% 16%
10% 13% 0% Over 4.5 0% 7% 6%
45% 40% 50% BTTS 50% 13% 26%
19% 27% 50% Clean Sheets 0% 40% 39%
45% 47% 50% Failed To Score 50% 67% 52%
 
2.7 2.9 3.5 Corners For (avg) 10 5.9 5.9
3.8 4.3 5.5 Corners Against (avg) 1.5 3.8 4.1
1.7 1.9 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 2 2.1
3 2 1 Red Cards 0 3 6
Key stats this season:
  • Ararat have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Gandzasar have created more than twice as many corners as Ararat.

Ararat
All Armenian Cup Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
11-04-19 PL Ararat 1 - 2 Pyunik
14-04-19 PL Gandzasar 1 - 0 Ararat
19-04-19 PL Alashkert 2 - 0 Ararat
26-04-19 PL Ararat 2 - 6 Ararat-Armenia
02-05-19 PL Shirak 3 - 0 Ararat
06-05-19 PL Ararat 2 - 1 Artsakh
10-05-19 PL Banants 1 - 1 Ararat
14-05-19 PL Ararat 1 - 0 Lori
26-05-19 PL Pyunik 2 - 1 Ararat
30-05-19 PL Ararat 13:00 Gandzasar
Gandzasar
All Armenian Cup Europa League Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
10-04-19 PL Lori 0 - 0 Gandzasar
14-04-19 PL Gandzasar 1 - 0 Ararat
20-04-19 PL Gandzasar 0 - 1 Pyunik
01-05-19 PL Alashkert 2 - 0 Gandzasar
04-05-19 PL Gandzasar 2 - 1 Ararat-Armenia
11-05-19 PL Shirak 0 - 0 Gandzasar
14-05-19 PL Gandzasar 0 - 1 Artsakh
18-05-19 PL Banants 0 - 5 Gandzasar
25-05-19 PL Gandzasar 1 - 1 Lori
30-05-19 PL Ararat 13:00 Gandzasar

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Pyunik 32 18 6 8 46 32 16 7 2 7 17 18 16 11 4 1 29 14 14 60
2 Ararat-Armenia 31 17 7 7 52 28 16 7 5 4 25 17 15 10 2 3 27 11 24 58
3 Banants 31 14 10 7 43 34 15 8 4 3 23 17 16 6 6 4 20 17 9 52
4 Alashkert 31 15 6 10 35 24 16 10 1 5 23 12 15 5 5 5 12 12 11 51
5 Lori 31 10 11 10 39 38 15 5 5 5 21 20 16 5 6 5 18 18 1 41
6 Shirak 31 7 15 9 24 27 16 5 8 3 13 7 15 2 7 6 11 20 -3 36
7 Gandzasar 31 9 8 14 31 32 16 5 4 7 18 16 15 4 4 7 13 16 -1 35
8 Artsakh 31 5 10 16 22 47 15 3 8 4 14 17 16 2 2 12 8 30 -25 25
9 Ararat 31 5 7 19 23 53 15 3 3 9 12 25 16 2 4 10 11 28 -30 22

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