Soccer preview: Home crowd has big expectations when Ararat receive Noravank

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Competition: Wed 11.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht (53849 seats)

Ararat - Noravank. 3rd spot meets 7th spot. Nothing is certain - get a broad match preview here!

Insights:
  • Noravank have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Premier League

The visiting Noravank played their last game only three days ago, a Armenian Cup match.

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Ararat form and stats

Ararat have played 13 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Ararat, who won 2-1 against Urartu (placed 6th). The victory against Urartu came after Manoyan's winning goal. The Ararat manager Torosyan was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Van.

There will be little rest for Ararat after this match as they are travelling to Alashkert for a Premier League game in only four days.

Ararat have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht with 21 goals in 13 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Noravank form and stats

There's been little loot from Noravank's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 13 away games in the Premier League. Noravank only have 1 win to counter their 10 defeats and 2 draws. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Noravank have lost on their last two travels.

The fans enjoyed Noravank's previous fixture versus Urartu, a Armenian Cup win (2-0) played at home.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Ararat-Armenia's place.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Noravank rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Ararat and Noravank have met previously this season: Noravank - Ararat 0-1. Data for the preceeding four meetings involving these two sides are: two wins for Ararat, one draw and one win for Noravank. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

AraratS. Deblé
S. Deblé
12 goals
NoravankS. Orlov
S. Orlov
6 goals

Ararat missing players

Noravank missing players

Ararat Noravank
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 13 27
12 6 2 Won W 0 1 6
7 3 1 Drew D 0 2 5
8 4 0 Lost L 4 10 16
41 21 4 Scored S 3 8 28
30 13 2 Conceded C 9 25 43
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
63% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 81%
41% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 46% 41%
26% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 15% 19%
19% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 15% 15%
52% 54% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 48%
30% 23% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 11%
26% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 54% 44%
 
4.5 4.7 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.3 3.1
3.9 4.1 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.4 5.9
1.7 1.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2 2.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.7 7.8 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 4.8 5.6 5.8
4.2 4.3 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.5 2.8
37% 40% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 25% 37%
 
6 5.9 4.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9 7.4 7.4
2.9 2.5 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.8 4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Ararat have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Noravank have scored away.
  • Noravank have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Noravank have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Noravank have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pyunik 29 22 4 3 49 23 14 10 2 2 22 14 15 12 2 1 27 9 26 70
2 Ararat-Armenia 29 20 5 4 52 19 15 9 4 2 29 13 14 11 1 2 23 6 33 65
3 Ararat 27 12 7 8 41 30 13 6 3 4 21 13 14 6 4 4 20 17 11 43
4 Alashkert 27 12 6 9 31 27 14 6 3 5 15 16 13 6 3 4 16 11 4 42
5 Artsakh 29 9 10 10 34 38 14 4 5 5 16 13 15 5 5 5 18 25 -4 37
6 Urartu 26 7 10 9 31 28 12 3 5 4 14 10 14 4 5 5 17 18 3 31
7 Noravank 27 6 5 16 28 43 14 5 3 6 20 18 13 1 2 10 8 25 -15 23
8 Van 28 4 7 17 16 43 14 3 3 8 10 20 14 1 4 9 6 23 -27 19
9 BKMA 28 3 6 19 21 52 15 3 2 10 13 26 13 0 4 9 8 26 -31 15
10 Junior Sevan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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.