Pre-match info: 14 points divide the squads before this game, Ararat-Armenia the sharpest side. Will Shirak pull off a surprise?
- Shirak have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ararat-Armenia have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Premier League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Shirak and Ararat-Armenia.
Shirak form and stats
Shirak's struggle is real here at Gyumri City Stadium with only 5 points collected from 7 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-4. The Shirak manager Torosyan might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Shirak suffered a slightly shocking defeat 0-5 against Ararat-Armenia in their previous match, also played at home. As you see from the result above, Shirak suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Ararat and winning 1-0.It should be added that a peek at the 14 latest league matches reveals that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).
The lack of attacking qualities in Shirak means that they have only scored {3 goals} in 7 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Ararat-Armenia form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Premier League, are W4-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Two trips in a row for Ararat-Armenia, whose coach Bichakhchyan could celebrate last time after the win against Shirak. As mentioned above, Ararat-Armenia was the only team on the pitch versus Shirak in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
Before that, Ararat-Armenia secured a home win against Alashkert with the score 4-1.It's not easy to score on Ararat-Armenia as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Ararat-Armenia have won or drawn the last 5 matches (4-1-0) facing Shirak.The newest past result between these contenders is the Shirak - Ararat-Armenia 0-5 played earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Pinto Servulo Firmino 6 goals | W. Eza 5 goals | T. Yenne 5 goals |
Shirak missing players
Ararat-Armenia missing players
| Shirak | Ararat-Armenia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 27 |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 69% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 54% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 23% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 57% | 54% |
| 57% | 57% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 3.9 | 4.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.3 | 6.3 |
| 5.8 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.3 | 6.4 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.4 | 9.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 52% | 45% |
| 7.6 | 7.1 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 7.1 | 5.5 |
| 3 | 2.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
- 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 the fewest conceded goals (7) in Premier League
- Ararat-Armenia have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Premier League
- Ararat-Armenia have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Premier League
- Ararat-Armenia have the the best goal difference (+20) in Premier League
- Ararat-Armenia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shirak have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 19 | 34 |
| 2 | Alashkert | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 30 |
| 3 | Ararat-Armenia | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 28 |
| 4 | Pyunik | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 5 | Lernayin Artsakh | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -2 | 18 |
| 6 | Van | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | -2 | 17 |
| 7 | Ararat | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 8 | Shirak | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 14 |
| 9 | BKMA | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -14 | 7 |
| 10 | Artsakh | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | -23 | 5 |
