Premier League preview with statistics: BKMA welcomes Ararat-Armenia to Yerevan Football Academy

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Competition: Tue 22.November
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yerevan Football Academy (1500 seats)

Battling BKMA are keen to pull off a small shock when they play top side Ararat-Armenia in the upcoming league match. It’s 9th vs 2nd and the home supporters will have modest expectations.

Insights:
  • BKMA have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the most scored goals (33) in Premier League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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BKMA form and stats

BKMA's struggle is real here at Yerevan Football Academy with only 5 points collected from 8 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-5.

The home regulars saw a 1-1 draw versus Pyunik last time out and are looking for a victory here.

Heartbreak before that as BKMA lost 0-1 at Urartu's place.

The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Ararat-Armenia to win. Let's see if BKMA are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: 12 games found revealing 0 BKMA wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats.

Sports gamblers who like staking for low-scoring games might like to know that this team have played 5 league rounds in a row with zero, one or two goals (under 2.5).

Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for BKMA with 17 goals conceded in these matches. When BKMA hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Ararat, Shirak and Artsakh), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Ararat-Armenia form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Premier League. Ararat-Armenia has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Ararat-Armenia play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Artsakh (placed 10th).

A draw for Ararat-Armenia before that, at their own venue hosting Pyunik (0-0).

It's not easy to score on Ararat-Armenia as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Ararat-Armenia have pulled off a sequence of 5 consecutive games without defeat (4-1-0) when facing BKMA.

The sides have played each other already this season, with the match result Ararat-Armenia - BKMA 1-0 written in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Ararat-ArmeniaH. Pinto Servulo Firmino
H. Pinto Servulo Firmino
9 goals
Ararat-ArmeniaT. Yenne
T. Yenne
7 goals
Ararat-ArmeniaW. Eza
W. Eza
5 goals

BKMA missing players

Ararat-Armenia missing players

BKMA Ararat-Armenia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 3 8 16
1 1 0 Won W 3 5 11
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
10 5 2 Lost L 0 2 3
12 8 3 Scored S 9 16 33
27 17 8 Conceded C 1 5 8
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
56% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 69%
44% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 56%
31% 38% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 25%
12% 25% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 12%
50% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 31%
6% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 50% 56%
50% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 19%
 
4.6 4.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.3 6 6.4
5.1 4.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 3.9 3.8
2.4 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 7 5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.6 9.9
3.5 4.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.8 4.6
23% 23% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 90% 53% 45%
 
10.1 12.5 17 Shots against (avg) S A 6.3 7 5.5
5 6 11 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.7 2.2 2.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Ararat-Armenia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ararat-Armenia have scored more than double the goals of BKMA.
  • Ararat-Armenia have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the most scored goals (33) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the the best goal difference (+25) in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • BKMA have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • BKMA have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • BKMA have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • BKMA have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premier League
  • BKMA have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
  • BKMA haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Urartu 16 12 2 2 29 9 8 5 1 2 11 7 8 7 1 0 18 2 20 38
2 Ararat-Armenia 16 11 2 3 33 8 8 6 1 1 17 3 8 5 1 2 16 5 25 35
3 Alashkert 17 10 4 3 29 18 8 5 3 0 14 2 9 5 1 3 15 16 11 34
4 Pyunik 15 8 3 4 20 10 8 6 0 2 15 5 7 2 3 2 5 5 10 27
5 Van 17 6 6 5 17 21 8 2 3 3 8 13 9 4 3 2 9 8 -4 24
6 Lernayin Artsakh 17 5 6 6 14 15 9 1 4 4 5 8 8 4 2 2 9 7 -1 21
7 Ararat 16 5 3 8 10 15 8 3 1 4 4 7 8 2 2 4 6 8 -5 18
8 Shirak 17 4 3 10 9 24 8 1 2 5 3 13 9 3 1 5 6 11 -15 15
9 BKMA 16 1 5 10 12 27 8 1 2 5 8 17 8 0 3 5 4 10 -15 8
10 Artsakh 17 0 6 11 13 39 9 0 3 6 7 19 8 0 3 5 6 20 -26 6

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.