Premier League match preview and statistics: Ararat fight Pyunik

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Competition: Thu 13.August
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)

It's ground zero in Premier League - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Ararat and Pyunik did in their pre-season friendlies!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Pyunik have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 1-1-2 (win-draw-loss) from four matches.

This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

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Ararat form and stats

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Ararat, who have participated in one training match. Ararat have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.

Last season, Ararat's league statistics were 9 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Premier League. Over these 18 matches they scored 25 goals and conceded 18. Playing at home last season Ararat managed 5-3-1 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 8 conceded.

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Pyunik form and stats

It's a day of discovery for Pyunik as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Pyunik have played five with the results W1-D1-L3 (win-draw-lost). In these games Pyunik has scored 8 goals and conceded 12 times.

Let's have a look at how Pyunik performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 2 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 22/20 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ararat four wins, two draws and Pyunik four victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
Ararat Pyunik
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Ararat Last season Pyunik
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 14   Played P   12 24
9 5   Won W   5 10
6 5   Drew D   2 2
12 4   Lost L   5 12
31 14   Scored S   26 45
36 17   Conceded C   21 42
93% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
63% 57%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 88%
41% 36%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   75% 79%
26% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 42%
19% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 25%
52% 50%   BTTS BTTS   67% 62%
22% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 25%
33% 29%   Failed to Score F T   8% 12%
 
3.5 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.6
5.8 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   3.7 4.1
2.9 3.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.9
3 3   Red cards R C   2 4
 
210 114   Total Shots T S   92 201
84 46   Shots on Target S O   39 74
37% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   51% 45%

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ararat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ararat-Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Artsakh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Banants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Gandzasar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Lori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Pyunik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Shirak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Van 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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

Table
  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ararat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ararat-Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Artsakh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Banants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Gandzasar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Lori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Pyunik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Shirak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Van 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.