Only a few games have been played in the Premier League so far, with Ararat placed 5th and Gandzasar sitting in the 8th position.
Ararat form and stats
Ararat have only played one Premier League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats from 5 matches.
A strong away win for Ararat against Shirak the last match, as U. Nenadović, A. Papikyan and D. Manoyan were on target. Ahead of that match, Ararat won a home game hosting Junior Sevan (3-0).
This is expected to be a close game, with Ararat perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ararat as a small favourite), we find four games. Ararat has won four of these, drawn zero and lost zero.
Early season league goal statistics from Ararat's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
Gandzasar form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Premier League for Gandzasar with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
W. Angulo, J. Adah and R. Krušnauskas (2) scored in Gandzasar's previous match, the home game against Shirak that ended 5-0. Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting West Armenia's place.
As mentioned above, Gandzasar was the only team on the pitch versus Shirak in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gandzasar playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were three Gandzasar wins, zero draws and two defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Gandzasar has managed 2 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Ararat won two, Gandzasar won seven and one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Ararat missing players
Gandzasar missing players
| Ararat | Gandzasar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 5 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 28 | 46 |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 22% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 41% |
- Ararat has the most dropped points from leading position (3) in Premier League
- Gandzasar has the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Premier League
| Ararat | Last season | Gandzasar | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 23 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Scored | S | 11 | 28 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Conceded | C | 16 | 29 | ||
| 93% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 63% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 78% | ||
| 41% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 43% | ||
| 26% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 17% | ||
| 19% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 9% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 57% | ||
| 22% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 26% | ||
| 33% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 22% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 210 | 114 | Total Shots | T S | 81 | 214 | ||
| 84 | 46 | Shots on Target | S O | 30 | 84 | ||
| 37% | 30% | 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 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Artsakh | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Banants | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Alashkert | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Ararat | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Lori | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Ararat-Armenia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 8 | Gandzasar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Pyunik | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Shirak | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | -15 | 1 |
| 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 |