It's early days in the Premier League and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
It's no vacation for neither Pyunik nor Ararat as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This pitch has grass, which is not Ararat's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Ararat have performed like this: Played 38 matches resulting in 6 wins, 6 draws and 26 defeats with the goal stats 30-72 (scored/conceded). This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Pyunik form and stats
Pyunik's first home game here at Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht ended with defeat. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats from 16 matches. The Pyunik manager A. Tarkhanov might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.The Pyunik crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Ararat here at Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht in a Premier League match. Prior to that, an away loss at Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Europa League.
At Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht, Pyunik has the goal stats of 1-4 (for/against) from 1 fixture.
Ararat form and stats
Only one away game so far for Ararat and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 10 losses from 16 travels.Ararat play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting Pyunik. Before that, Ararat secured a home win against Shirak with the score 2-1.
As for goals scored and conceded in away games so far, Ararat has managed 4 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Pyunik - Ararat 1-4 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Pyunik won 5, Ararat won 3 and 2 draws. 7 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Simonyan 2 goals |   D. Dedechko 2 goals |  Artak Yedigaryan 1 goals |
Pyunik missing players
Ararat missing players
| Pyunik | Ararat | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 1 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 7 | 4.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pyunik | Last season | Ararat | ||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 6 | Played | 6 | 16 | 32 |
| 18 | 7 | 4 | Won | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | Lost | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 46 | 17 | 8 | Scored | 7 | 11 | 24 |
| 32 | 18 | 3 | Conceded | 11 | 28 | 60 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 91% |
| 72% | 69% | 67% | Over 1.5 | 83% | 69% | 62% |
| 50% | 38% | 17% | Over 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 47% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 28% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 17% | 6% | 12% |
| 50% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | 83% | 50% | 47% |
| 34% | 31% | 50% | Clean Sheets | 17% | 12% | 19% |
| 22% | 31% | 17% | Failed To Score | 0% | 44% | 44% |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.7 | Corners For (avg) | 3 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 2.5 | Corners Against (avg) | 4 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 1 | 3 |
- Ararat have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ararat have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Pyunik haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 01-08-19 | | Jablonec | 0 - 0 | Pyunik |
| 08-08-19 | | Pyunik | 0 - 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 11-08-19 | | Banants | 0 - 3 | Pyunik |
| 15-08-19 | | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4 - 0 | Pyunik |
| 19-08-19 | | Pyunik | 1 - 4 | Ararat |
| 25-08-19 | | Shirak | 13:00 | Pyunik |
| 30-08-19 | | Pyunik | 15:30 | Yerevan |
| 13-09-19 | | Pyunik | 08:00 | Alashkert |
| 17-09-19 | | Gandzasar | 08:00 | Pyunik |
| 21-09-19 | | Pyunik | 08:00 | Artsakh |
| 26-05-19 | | Pyunik | 2 - 1 | Ararat |
| 30-05-19 | | Ararat | 1 - 7 | Gandzasar |
| 02-08-19 | | Ararat | 1 - 0 | Yerevan |
| 09-08-19 | | Ararat | 2 - 1 | Shirak |
| 19-08-19 | | Pyunik | 1 - 4 | Ararat |
| 26-08-19 | | Ararat | 15:15 | Alashkert |
| 31-08-19 | | Gandzasar | 14:00 | Ararat |
| 13-09-19 | | Ararat | 08:00 | Artsakh |
| 17-09-19 | | Ararat-Armenia | 08:00 | Ararat |
| 21-09-19 | | Lori | 08:00 | Ararat |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Ararat | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Ararat-Armenia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Shirak | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Artsakh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Lori | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Pyunik | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Alashkert | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Gandzasar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 9 | Yerevan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 10 | Banants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 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 | D | P |
| 1 | Ararat-Armenia | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 25 | 61 |
| 2 | Pyunik | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 14 | 60 |
| 3 | Banants | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 52 |
| 4 | Alashkert | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 51 |
| 5 | Lori | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 44 |
| 6 | Gandzasar | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 38 |
| 7 | Shirak | 32 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -4 | 36 |
| 8 | Artsakh | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 49 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 30 | -24 | 28 |
| 9 | Ararat | 32 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 60 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 28 | -36 | 22 |