Premier League match preview: Shirak believed to be the weaker party when Ararat-Armenia pays a visit

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Competition: Wed 17.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gyumri City Stadium (3000 seats)

Gyumri City Stadium: Get ready for a football festivity when Shirak receive Ararat-Armenia. Read up on the game here!

Insights:
  • Shirak have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Ararat-Armenia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Shirak form and stats

Shirak have collected 16 points from their Premier League home games so far after 4-4-7.

Stress levels are on the rise for Shirak's attacking players as they have now played 182 minutes without scoring in a league game. Cissé was their last goal scorer.

Shirak played out an unpredictable loss 0-1 against Ararat-Armenia in their previous match, also a home game.

Preceding that match, a home loss in the Armenian Cup against Banants.

Shirak aren't scoring a lot here at Gyumri City Stadium in the league, with only {10 goals} from 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Shirak have conceded 21 goals.

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Ararat-Armenia form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 3 draws and only 3 losses in the Premier League.

It's the second away game in a row for Ararat-Armenia, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Shirak (placed 6th) last time out.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Alashkert.

Ararat-Armenia has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 29 goals from 15 games. It's not easy to score on Ararat-Armenia as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Ararat-Armenia have been victorious in every one of the 4 latest games against this team. Can they do it again?

The newest archived history featuring both these participants is the Ararat-Armenia - Shirak 1-0 played earlier this season. These squads fought hard and good when they last met each other. Both Kodia (Shirak), Pérez (Ararat-Armenia), Mikaelyan (Shirak) and Mikaelyan (Shirak) were shown red cards.

Top Goalscorers

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

Shirak missing players

Ararat-Armenia missing players

Shirak Ararat-Armenia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 32
9 4 0 Won W 2 10 21
6 4 0 Drew D 2 3 6
17 8 4 Lost L 0 3 5
24 10 2 Scored S 7 30 59
48 22 10 Conceded C 2 13 22
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 94% 94%
56% 56% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 69%
41% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 56%
22% 19% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 25%
12% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
31% 25% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 41%
31% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 50%
47% 50% 75% Failed to Score F T 25% 12% 16%
 
3 3 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.9 6.7
5.5 5.1 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 3.3 3.3
2.2 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 2.3
6 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
5.6 5.5 4.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.3 10.7
2.4 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.1 4.8
32% 31% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 46% 39%
 
7.8 6.6 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 6.5 6 5.6
3.2 2.3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 2.3 2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Ararat-Armenia have created more than twice as many corners as Shirak.
  • Ararat-Armenia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ararat-Armenia have scored more than double the goals of Shirak.
  • Ararat-Armenia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Shirak have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 Banants 32 24 4 4 63 21 16 11 1 4 24 15 16 13 3 0 39 6 42 76
2 Pyunik 32 23 4 5 67 20 16 13 0 3 35 10 16 10 4 2 32 10 47 73
3 Ararat-Armenia 31 20 6 5 58 22 16 11 3 2 29 9 15 9 3 3 29 13 36 66
4 Alashkert 32 17 6 9 52 33 16 9 4 3 26 8 16 8 2 6 26 25 19 57
5 Van 32 10 7 15 34 53 16 4 4 8 18 29 16 6 3 7 16 24 -19 37
6 Shirak 31 9 6 16 24 47 15 4 4 7 10 21 16 5 2 9 14 26 -23 33
7 BKMA 32 7 9 16 32 45 16 3 4 9 18 27 16 4 5 7 14 18 -13 30
8 Ararat 32 8 6 18 23 40 16 4 3 9 11 21 16 4 3 9 12 19 -17 30
9 Artsakh 32 5 8 19 29 64 16 3 4 9 19 32 16 2 4 10 10 32 -35 23
10 Lernayin Artsakh 32 5 6 21 16 53 16 1 4 11 6 30 16 4 2 10 10 23 -37 21

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.