It's early days in the Premier League and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ararat and Shirak.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Shirak have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 3-0-1 (win-draw-loss) from four matches.
Ararat form and stats
Perfect season at home so far for Ararat, as mentioned below. 2 wins from 2 appearances. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Ararat after consecutive victories at their own ground.Ararat's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Shirak. The home side are looking to build on that result. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Yerevan in a game that was won 1-0.
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 three games. Ararat has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Early season goal statistics from Ararat's 2 home games: 3 goals, 1 conceded.
Shirak form and stats
Shirak have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats were 2 victories, 7 draws and 7 defeats from 16 fixtures.It might be tough going out on the road again for Shirak, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Ararat. Before that, Shirak secured a home win against Banants with the score 3-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Shirak in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Shirak, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
It's early days yet, but Shirak has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Ararat - Shirak 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Ararat victories, 2 draws and 6 Shirak wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Bakayoko 1 goals |
Ararat missing players
Shirak missing players
| Ararat | Shirak | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Played | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ararat | Last season | Shirak | ||||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | 16 | 32 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | 2 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | 7 | 15 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Lost | 7 | 10 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Scored | 13 | 26 | ||
| 60 | 32 | Conceded | 23 | 30 | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 0.5 | 81% | 72% | ||
| 62% | 56% | Over 1.5 | 62% | 53% | ||
| 47% | 44% | Over 2.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | 38% | 19% | ||
| 12% | 19% | Over 4.5 | 6% | 3% | ||
| 47% | 44% | BTTS | 44% | 31% | ||
| 19% | 25% | Clean Sheets | 31% | 50% | ||
| 44% | 44% | Failed To Score | 44% | 47% | ||
| 2.7 | 2.9 | Corners For (avg) | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Corners Against (avg) | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | ||
- Ararat have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Shirak have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 14-05-19 | | Ararat | 1 - 0 | Lori |
| 26-05-19 | | Pyunik | 2 - 1 | Ararat |
| 30-05-19 | | Ararat | 1 - 7 | Gandzasar |
| 02-08-19 | | Ararat | 1 - 0 | Yerevan |
| 09-08-19 | | Ararat | 2 - 1 | Shirak |
| 19-08-19 | | Pyunik | 15:15 | Ararat |
| 26-08-19 | | Ararat | 15:15 | Alashkert |
| 29-08-19 | | Gandzasar | 08:00 | Ararat |
| 13-09-19 | | Ararat | 08:00 | Artsakh |
| 17-09-19 | | Ararat-Armenia | 08:00 | Ararat |
| 15-05-19 | | Alashkert | 1 - 0 | Shirak |
| 19-05-19 | | Shirak | 0 - 1 | Ararat-Armenia |
| 30-05-19 | | Artsakh | 3 - 2 | Shirak |
| 02-08-19 | | Shirak | 3 - 1 | Banants |
| 09-08-19 | | Ararat | 2 - 1 | Shirak |
| 16-08-19 | | Shirak | 13:00 | Yerevan |
| 25-08-19 | | Shirak | 13:00 | Pyunik |
| 29-08-19 | | Alashkert | 08:00 | Shirak |
| 13-09-19 | | Shirak | 08:00 | Gandzasar |
| 17-09-19 | | Artsakh | 08:00 | Shirak |
| 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 | Ararat | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Artsakh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Shirak | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Gandzasar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Banants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Yerevan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |