Premier League: Pyunik - Urartu game guide and the hard facts

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Competition: Fri 09.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht (53849 seats)

A fast pace is likely at Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht when Pyunik face Urartu in what looks to be a fine match. Check our preview!

Insights:
  • Pyunik have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
  • Urartu is in the best form (4-1-1) in Premier League

This pitch has grass, which is not Urartu's everyday surface at their own football stadium. When playing on grass Urartu have performed like this: Played 26 matches with the output 10 wins, 9 draws and 7 defeats with the goal data 35-27 (scored/conceded).

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

Pyunik have less rest than Urartu in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Ararat-Armenia, so at least Pyunik are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Pyunik form and stats

Pyunik have performed here at Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht this season with 7 wins from 9 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2. Pyunik has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht. We remember; it was Van.

Pyunik drew their last game, 1-1 away at Ararat-Armenia (placed 2nd).

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Ararat.

Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 10 league games, 8 have seen zero, one or two goals.

The Pyunik fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Pyunik have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Urartu form and stats

The away performances of Urartu have been very solid so far with 8 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats in the Premier League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.

It's the second away game in a row for Urartu, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Shirak (placed 8th) last time out. What a finish in the last match, as Urartu came back from being down 0-2 and secured a very satisfying victory through Grigoryan's goal in the 90th minute. Grigoryan certainly enjoyed Urartu's last game versus Shirak, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-2 victory.

Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Ararat-Armenia.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Urartu are regular goalscorers on their travels. Urartu's manager Gunko has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {4 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Urartu - Pyunik 2-1 was the score in these participants' previous H2H match, earlier this season. Pyunik-Urartu H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Pyunik four wins, Urartu three wins, three draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

UrartuM. Mayrovich
M. Mayrovich
7 goals
PyunikL. Juričić
L. Juričić
6 goals
UrartuD. Khlyobas
D. Khlyobas
6 goals

Pyunik missing players

Urartu missing players

Pyunik Urartu
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 1 Played P 1 9 19
10 7 1 Won W 1 8 14
4 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
4 2 0 Lost L 0 0 3
25 17 2 Scored S 1 21 34
12 5 1 Conceded C 0 4 15
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
56% 56% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 63%
33% 44% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 47%
11% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 26%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 21%
44% 33% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 42%
39% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 47%
22% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 16%
 
4.2 3.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.4 5.7
3.8 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 13 6 4.5
1.9 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 2.2 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
7.9 7.4 9 Shots (avg) S ( 4 10.6 8.8
3.8 4.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.9 4.8
39% 53% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 40% 37%
 
5.8 5.1 9 Shots against (avg) S A 14 5.8 5.6
2.5 2.6 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 2.6 2.8
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Pyunik have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pyunik have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Pyunik have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
  • Pyunik have the most points (21) at home in Premier League
  • Pyunik have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Pyunik haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Urartu have not yet lost a game away.
  • Urartu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Urartu have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Premier League
  • Urartu have the most points (25) away in Premier League
  • Urartu have the the best goal difference (+17) away in Premier League
  • Urartu is in the best form (4-1-1) 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 Urartu 19 14 2 3 34 15 10 6 1 3 13 11 9 8 1 0 21 4 19 44
2 Ararat-Armenia 19 12 4 3 39 11 9 6 2 1 18 4 10 6 2 2 21 7 28 40
3 Pyunik 18 10 4 4 25 12 9 7 0 2 17 5 9 3 4 2 8 7 13 34
4 Alashkert 20 10 4 6 32 24 10 5 3 2 15 5 10 5 1 4 17 19 8 34
5 Van 19 7 6 6 19 22 9 2 3 4 8 14 10 5 3 2 11 8 -3 27
6 Lernayin Artsakh 19 5 6 8 14 19 10 1 4 5 5 10 9 4 2 3 9 9 -5 21
7 Ararat 19 6 3 10 12 19 8 3 1 4 4 7 11 3 2 6 8 12 -7 21
8 Shirak 19 5 3 11 12 27 9 1 2 6 5 16 10 4 1 5 7 11 -15 18
9 BKMA 19 2 6 11 15 30 10 1 3 6 10 20 9 1 3 5 5 10 -15 12
10 Noah 19 2 6 11 18 41 11 2 3 6 12 21 8 0 3 5 6 20 -23 12

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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.