League round two of the Premier League campaign and the teams have adjusted from insights gained in the first match. Here's our Pyunik - Ararat guide:
This stadium has grass, unlike Ararat's home arena. The last 25 games by the away side on grass have resulted in 7 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses.
This is a game between neighbours, usually meaning extra tension and significance.
Only a few days to rest for the home side, as they played a Europa Conference League fixture only three days ago. This match was also played here at Kotaik Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Ararat have had more rest.
Pyunik form and stats
Last season, Pyunik's league results were 25 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses, ending with 2nd spot in the Premier League. In these 36 matches they scored {72 goals} and gave away 23. Performing as the home side in the former season Pyunik generated 14-0-4 (win-draw-lost) with {37 goals} and 11 conceded.
Pyunik's previous match was a Europa Conference League game also played at home, ending 2-1 against Kalmar. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.
Before that match, a Premier League win away at Alashkert.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Pyunik home games with this odds we find 4 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.
Pyunik are traveling soon after this match as the Europa Conference League match at Bodø / Glimt awaits in four days.
Ararat form and stats
Let's have a look at how Ararat performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 8 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded {42 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 16/20 goals scored/conceded.
Home advantage was not enough for Ararat in their previous game as they lost hosting Ararat-Armenia, 1-3.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Banants that ended 1-1.Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Pyunik wins - draws - Ararat wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Malakyan 1 goals |  H. Harutyunyan 1 goals |
Pyunik missing players
Ararat missing players
| Pyunik | Ararat | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pyunik | Last season | Ararat | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 18 | ||
| 72 | 37 | Scored | S | 16 | 29 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 20 | 42 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 83% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 61% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 28% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 6% | 11% | ||
| 11% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 3% | ||
| 42% | 28% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 39% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 42% | ||
| 17% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 36% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8.6 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 6.9 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 51% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 28% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 6.7 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Pyunik | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Shirak | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Banants | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | BKMA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Artsakh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Van | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | West Armenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Ararat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Alashkert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | Banants | 36 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 68 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 9 | 43 | 83 |
| 2 | Pyunik | 36 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 72 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 49 | 80 |
| 3 | Ararat-Armenia | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 70 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 17 | 43 | 76 |
| 4 | Alashkert | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 58 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 21 | 66 |
| 5 | Van | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 38 | 59 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 | -21 | 40 |
| 6 | Ararat | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 42 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 20 | -13 | 38 |
| 7 | Shirak | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 55 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 29 | -30 | 36 |
| 8 | BKMA | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 53 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -17 | 32 |
| 9 | Artsakh | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 66 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 33 | -32 | 32 |
| 10 | Lernayin Artsakh | 36 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 16 | 59 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 25 | -43 | 22 |
