Premier League: Noravank - BKMA pre-match thoughts and the hard facts

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Competition: Sun 20.February
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Charentsavan City Stadium

Important clash in the cellar of the Premier League, with both Noravank and BKMA undergoing more stress than happiness. This match is a typical "six-pointer" with the home team positioned 9th and the away team in 10th spot.

Insights:
  • Noravank have the fewest scored goals (9) in Premier League
  • BKMA have the most conceded goals (36) in Premier League

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Noravank form and stats

With 2 Premier League wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Noravank are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Noravank hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Van, Noravank and Urartu), they have won 1 of 2 matches! With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Noravank to get some points in this home game.

Orlov was the last player to score a league goal for Noravank and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Noravank haven't scored in 261 minutes.

No payout for Noravank in their previous match, an away game at Van that ended in defeat 0-2.

Before that game, the home loss against Alashkert with the scoreline 0-2.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Noravank as they are travelling to their away game against Urartu in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Noravank here at Charentsavan City Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 8 games). Noravank's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Noravank has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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BKMA form and stats

Playing away, BKMA have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 7 defeats in the Premier League this season. A depressing seven defeats in a row for BKMA in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Ararat-Armenia II.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Alashkert with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Ararat wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that BKMA concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have played each other before in this season, with the final score BKMA - Noravank 2-0 written in the official records. Last four meetings featuring these squads: Noravank won zero, BKMA were winners in four and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

NoravankS. Orlov
S. Orlov
3 goals
BKMAM. Mirzoyan
M. Mirzoyan
3 goals
BKMAD. Aghbalyan
D. Aghbalyan
2 goals

Noravank missing players

BKMA missing players

Noravank BKMA
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 7 16
2 2 1 Won W 0 0 2
3 2 0 Drew D 0 0 0
12 4 1 Lost L 2 7 14
9 5 1 Scored S 0 4 11
26 9 1 Conceded C 6 20 36
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 62% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 86% 81%
29% 12% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 71% 56%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 31%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 43% 25%
35% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 38%
12% 12% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
59% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 57% 50%
 
3.2 3 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.6 2.9
6.5 7.1 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.3 6.3
2.4 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.9 1.6
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4.9 5.5 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 4 3.7 4
2.5 3.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 1.6 2.2
21% 19% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 31%
 
7.2 8.1 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 10 9.4
4 4.9 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 6 5.2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • BKMA have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • BKMA have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • BKMA have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • BKMA have lost all their away matches so far.
  • BKMA have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • BKMA have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premier League
  • BKMA have the fewest points (0) away in Premier League
  • BKMA have the most conceded goals (20) away in Premier League
  • BKMA have the most conceded goals (36) in Premier League
  • BKMA have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Premier League
  • BKMA have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Premier League
  • BKMA have the the worst goal difference (-16) away in Premier League
  • BKMA have the the worst goal difference (-25) in Premier League
  • BKMA have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • BKMA haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Noravank have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Noravank have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Noravank have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Premier League
  • Noravank have the fewest scored goals (9) in Premier League
  • Noravank haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Noravank is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 17 14 2 1 36 11 8 7 0 1 21 8 9 7 2 0 15 3 25 44
2 Ararat 18 10 3 5 34 21 9 7 0 2 21 9 9 3 3 3 13 12 13 33
3 Pyunik 16 10 3 3 24 15 8 3 3 2 9 11 8 7 0 1 15 4 9 33
4 Artsakh 16 7 4 5 25 24 8 4 2 2 16 8 8 3 2 3 9 16 1 25
5 Alashkert 14 6 4 4 17 13 8 3 3 2 5 7 6 3 1 2 12 6 4 22
6 Junior Sevan 13 5 5 3 14 11 6 4 2 0 10 2 7 1 3 3 4 9 3 20
7 Urartu 16 5 5 6 19 17 7 3 2 2 13 5 9 2 3 4 6 12 2 20
8 Van 17 3 3 11 11 26 9 2 2 5 6 12 8 1 1 6 5 14 -15 12
9 Noravank 17 2 3 12 9 26 8 2 2 4 5 9 9 0 1 8 4 17 -17 9
10 BKMA 16 2 0 14 11 36 9 2 0 7 7 16 7 0 0 7 4 20 -25 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.