The league table in Premier League tells a story about these teams so far, with Banants leading Pyunik by 8 points. Match preview to follow:
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Pyunik's home stadium. The visitors last four games on artifical turf have ended in 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Banants form and stats
Banants have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Premier League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Banants drew their last game, 1-1 away at Lori (placed 5th). A strong away win before that one, visiting Gandzasar and winning 2-0.
There will be little rest for Banants after this match as they are travelling to Pyunik for a Armenian Cup game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Banants in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. 3 goals have been conceded.
Pyunik form and stats
Playing away, Pyunik have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.
There were no winners in Pyunik's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 1-1 vs Ararat (placed 4th). A 0-0 draw at Alashkert's stadium before that.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Banants in just four days.
Goals are few and far between in Pyunik's away league games. Only 2 goals from 5 travels. Pyunik are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Pyunik - Banants 0-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Banants three wins, four draws and Pyunik three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Desire 6 goals |  A. Avanesyan 1 goals |  A. Kobyalko 1 goals |
Banants missing players
Pyunik missing players
| Banants | Pyunik | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 71% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 43% | 67% | 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% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 80% | 71% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 58 | 22 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 32 | 43 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 10 | 13 |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 23% |
- All of Banants's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Banants have scored more than double the goals of Pyunik.
- Banants is in the best form (3-2-1)
- Pyunik has the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Premier League
- Pyunik has the most matches under the total-line (6) 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 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | Van | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | Artsakh | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Ararat | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Lori | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 6 | Alashkert | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Ararat-Armenia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | Gandzasar | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 9 | Pyunik | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Shirak | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | -18 | 2 |