With their 17 point advantage in the league table, Shirak fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Ararat.
The hosts Shirak saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Shirak form and stats
The story so far for Shirak, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Premier League, at their home stadium (Gyumri City Stadium) is 4 wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Shirak has six draws from their last six matches. Three draws in a row here at Gyumri City Stadium for Shirak, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.Shirak drew their last game, 2-2 away at Lori. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Banants that ended 0-0.
Shirak are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Pyunik awaits in three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Shirak here at Gyumri City Stadium, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 13 games). Shirak have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 6 goals.
Ararat form and stats
Ararat, who have the most conceded goals (46) in Premier League, have only collected 9 points from their away games after 2-3-8 (13 played). With the Ararat losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Ararat are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.The manager T. Yesayan was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League match played at their home ground Gyumri City Stadium. Ararat suffered a 2-6 loss to Ararat-Armenia. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Alashkert wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
A new game in only four days for Ararat, the Premier League home match versus Artsakh. Busy days.
The attacking power of Ararat when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored in 13 matches. Ararat have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Ararat - Shirak 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Shirak victories, 4 draws and 1 Ararat win.Top Goalscorers
  A. Muradyan 3 goals |   A. Kocharyan 3 goals |  A. Simonyan 3 goals |
Shirak missing players
Ararat missing players
| Shirak | Ararat | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Drew | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 21 | 10 | 5 | Scored | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 23 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | 7 | 22 | 46 |
| 69% | 62% | 67% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 54% | 46% | 67% | Over 1.5 | 75% | 62% | 58% |
| 27% | 15% | 33% | Over 2.5 | 50% | 46% | 42% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 25% | 31% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 35% | 23% | 0% | BTTS | 50% | 46% | 42% |
| 54% | 69% | 100% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 15% | 19% |
| 42% | 46% | 33% | Failed To Score | 50% | 46% | 50% |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| 4.8 | 3.8 | 5.7 | Corners Against (avg) | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 1 | 2 |
- Ararat is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
| 30-03-19 | | Shirak | 1 - 1 | Alashkert |
| 08-04-19 | | Ararat-Armenia | 2 - 2 | Shirak |
| 15-04-19 | | Shirak | 0 - 0 | Artsakh |
| 19-04-19 | | Shirak | 0 - 0 | Banants |
| 28-04-19 | | Lori | 2 - 2 | Shirak |
| 02-05-19 | | Shirak | 12:00 | Ararat |
| 05-05-19 | | Pyunik | 12:00 | Shirak |
| 11-05-19 | | Shirak | 11:00 | Gandzasar |
| 14-05-19 | | Alashkert | 08:00 | Shirak |
| 18-05-19 | | Shirak | 08:00 | Ararat-Armenia |
| 31-03-19 | | Lori | 2 - 2 | Ararat |
| 11-04-19 | | Ararat | 1 - 2 | Pyunik |
| 14-04-19 | | Gandzasar | 1 - 0 | Ararat |
| 19-04-19 | | Alashkert | 2 - 0 | Ararat |
| 26-04-19 | | Ararat | 2 - 6 | Ararat-Armenia |
| 02-05-19 | | Shirak | 12:00 | Ararat |
| 06-05-19 | | Ararat | 12:00 | Artsakh |
| 10-05-19 | | Banants | 15:30 | Ararat |
| 14-05-19 | | Ararat | 08:00 | Lori |
| 24-05-19 | | Pyunik | 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-Armenia | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 45 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 24 | 49 |
| 2 | Pyunik | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 46 |
| 3 | Banants | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 46 |
| 4 | Alashkert | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 43 |
| 5 | Lori | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Shirak | 26 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -2 | 32 |
| 7 | Gandzasar | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 27 |
| 8 | Artsakh | 25 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 26 | -21 | 18 |
| 9 | Ararat | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -28 | 15 |
