Ararat have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Artsakh. Prepare for the match with this Premier League preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
7 - 5 - 23 with 33-61. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Ararat when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Ararat play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Artsakh form and stats
The first Premier League game here at Stadion Nairi resulted in a draw. Last season Artsakh's home game statistics were 4 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 5 games.
No payout for Artsakh in their previous match, an away game at Kairat that ended in defeat 1-4. Heartbreak before that as Artsakh lost 0-1 at Alashkert's place.
At Stadion Nairi, Artsakh has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Ararat form and stats
Ararat go into this game after a win, the home game against Pyunik that ended 1-0. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Ararat-Armenia.
Let's have a look at how Ararat performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 4 with 14/10 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Artsakh three wins, four draws and Ararat three victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Azarov 1 goals |  D. Spătaru 1 goals |
Artsakh missing players
Ararat missing players
| Artsakh | Ararat | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3.5 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 15 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| Artsakh | Last season | Ararat | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 37 | 27 | Scored | S | 17 | 31 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 19 | 36 | ||
| 89% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 68% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 63% | ||
| 43% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 41% | ||
| 21% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 26% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 19% | ||
| 43% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 39% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 22% | ||
| 29% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 33% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 283 | 144 | Total Shots | T S | 96 | 210 | ||
| 116 | 62 | Shots on Target | S O | 38 | 84 | ||
| 32% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Van | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Banants | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Alashkert | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Ararat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ararat-Armenia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Shirak | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Artsakh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Gandzasar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Pyunik | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Lori | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 |