On paper it looks like advantage Ararat in this game against Shirak, but the visitors will fight to the end. Here's our full match preview!
- Ararat have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Premier League
- Shirak have the most conceded goals (48) in Premier League
The hosts Ararat saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Alashkert, was also a home game here at Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht. The away team is better rested.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical 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 artifical turf is 0-1-2 (win-draw-loss) from three matches.
Ararat form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Ararat are 5-3-2 (wins-draw-losses).
Ararat are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 228 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by M. Zaderaka).
The Ararat crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Alashkert here at Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht in a Premier League match.
Heartbreak before that as Ararat lost 0-2 at Banants's place.Ararat are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. As for guarding their own goal, Ararat have only let in 5 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Shirak form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Shirak, who have the most conceded goals (48) in Premier League, so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-7 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Shirak, who have now gone twelve games without a victory. The Pyunik game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Pyunik with 1-5 on the scoreboard. Shirak lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Artsakh wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Shirak's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 25 goals in 10 travels.
Head 2 Head
Ararat - Shirak 4-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Ararat-Shirak H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ararat three wins, Shirak six wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  U. Nenadović 8 goals | M. Kone 5 goals | D. Khurtsidze 2 goals |
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| Ararat | Shirak | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 26 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 25 | 48 |
| 86% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 59% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 77% |
| 32% | 30% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 70% | 59% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 32% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 41% |
| 45% | 70% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 32% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.8 | 4.7 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4.7 | 2.3 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
| 42% | 61% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 75% |
- Ararat have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Ararat have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Premier League
- Shirak have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Shirak have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shirak have the most conceded goals (25) away in Premier League
- Shirak have the most conceded goals (48) in Premier League
- Shirak have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Premier League
- Shirak have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Premier League
- Shirak have the the worst goal difference (-17) away in Premier League
- Shirak have the the worst goal difference (-34) 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 | Alashkert | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 40 |
| 2 | Artsakh | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 38 |
| 3 | Ararat-Armenia | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | Banants | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 35 |
| 5 | Ararat | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | Van | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 25 |
| 7 | Lori | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 23 |
| 8 | Pyunik | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | Shirak | 22 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 48 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -34 | 10 |
| 10 | Gandzasar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |