Van manager Ribera looking for maximum points from Ararat trip Ararat vs Van match preview: Even contest expected at Kotaik Stadium

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Competition: Fri 10.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kotaik Stadium (5500 seats)

7th- against 5th position might not sound all that inviting. But: Tipsway has the data that makes Ararat - Van (even) more appealing!

Insights:
  • Ararat have the fewest scored goals (14) in Premier League
  • Van have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Premier League

These are busy days for the hometeam, as they had a match only four days ago in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Shirak, was also a home game here at Kotaik Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Ararat form and stats

With 3 Premier League wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Ararat are certainly not brimming with confidence. Ararat are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Kotaik Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.

The Ararat crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Shirak here at Kotaik Stadium.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Ararat-Armenia (1-3).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ararat have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Ararat aren't scoring a lot here at Kotaik Stadium in the league, with only {6 goals} from 11 games. Ararat have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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Van form and stats

Playing away, Van have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season. With the Van losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

The manager Ribera was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground. Van suffered a 1-3 loss to Pyunik (placed 3rd).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Banants wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Van playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 Van win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Look out: 9 of the last 12 league matches involving this club have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

It's not easy to score on Van as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Ararat have won or drawn the last 9 games (6-3-0) facing Van.

The teams have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Van - Ararat 0-2 entered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

VanE. Movsesyan
E. Movsesyan
8 goals
AraratR. Mkrtchyan
R. Mkrtchyan
3 goals
AraratR. Hakobyan
R. Hakobyan
3 goals

Ararat missing players

Van missing players

Ararat Van
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 4 11 22
6 3 0 Won W 3 5 7
4 2 0 Drew D 1 3 6
12 6 3 Lost L 0 3 9
14 6 1 Scored S 8 11 20
24 12 4 Conceded C 2 10 30
82% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
55% 45% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 55% 64%
32% 27% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 27% 41%
5% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 18% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
32% 27% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 18% 32%
41% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 55% 32%
45% 55% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 41%
 
4.2 4 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.5 4.1
5.1 5.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.4 4.5
2 2.3 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
6.3 5.4 6.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 6.7 6.6
2.7 2.3 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.4 3.1
23% 24% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 42% 29%
 
7.3 6.5 2.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 8.4 8.4
3.7 2.8 1.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.7 4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Ararat have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
  • Ararat have the fewest scored goals (14) in Premier League
  • Ararat have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Premier League
  • Ararat have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Premier League
  • Van have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) 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 Banants 22 17 2 3 41 15 11 7 1 3 15 11 11 10 1 0 26 4 26 53
2 Ararat-Armenia 22 14 5 3 43 12 10 7 2 1 19 4 12 7 3 2 24 8 31 47
3 Pyunik 22 13 4 5 35 17 11 8 0 3 21 9 11 5 4 2 14 8 18 43
4 Alashkert 22 11 5 6 35 25 11 5 4 2 15 5 11 6 1 4 20 20 10 38
5 Van 22 7 6 9 20 30 11 2 3 6 9 20 11 5 3 3 11 10 -10 27
6 Shirak 22 7 3 12 17 32 10 2 2 6 7 16 12 5 1 6 10 16 -15 24
7 Ararat 22 6 4 12 14 24 11 3 2 6 6 12 11 3 2 6 8 12 -10 22
8 Lernayin Artsakh 22 5 6 11 15 26 12 1 4 7 6 16 10 4 2 4 9 10 -11 21
9 BKMA 22 3 7 12 18 31 11 1 3 7 10 21 11 2 4 5 8 10 -13 16
10 Artsakh 22 3 6 13 19 45 12 2 3 7 12 23 10 1 3 6 7 22 -26 15

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.