It's early days in the Premier League and both Shirak and Artsakh 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.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Alashkert, was also a home game here at Gyumri City Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Shirak form and stats
Two Premier League home games so far for Shirak, who are yet to win here at Gyumri City Stadium. Only 1 point so far.
Shirak drew their last game, also a home match. Alashkert (placed 3rd) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Heartbreak before that as Shirak lost 0-7 at Ararat-Armenia's place.
The manager T. Davtyan will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ararat in only four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Shirak at home in the league. 1 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Artsakh form and stats
Artsakh are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Artsakh play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Banants (placed 1st). A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Ararat.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Alashkert in just three days.
3 goals so far away for Artsakh, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Artsakh - Shirak 2-2. Shirak-Artsakh H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Shirak four wins, Artsakh three wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Gomes 2 goals | A. Simonyan 2 goals |  A. Mikaelyan 1 goals |
Shirak missing players
Artsakh missing players
| Shirak | Artsakh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 18 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 13 | 40 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 64% |
- Artsakh has the most points from losing position (3) in Premier League
- Shirak has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premier League
- Shirak has the most conceded goals (18) in Premier League
- Shirak has the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Premier League
- Shirak has the most conceded goals in the second half (8) in Premier League
- Shirak has the most matches over the total-line (4) in Premier League
- Shirak has the the worst goal difference (-15) in Premier League
- Shirak has the the worst goal difference (-3) at home in Premier League
- Shirak is in the worst form (0-2-3)
| Shirak | Last season | Artsakh | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 40 | 23 | Scored | S | 10 | 37 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 27 | ||
| 86% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 89% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 68% | ||
| 54% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 43% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 21% | ||
| 11% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 54% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 43% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 39% | ||
| 29% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 269 | 152 | Total Shots | T S | 139 | 283 | ||
| 117 | 69 | Shots on Target | S O | 54 | 116 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Ararat | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Alashkert | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Van | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 5 | Lori | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 6 | Ararat-Armenia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | Artsakh | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Gandzasar | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Pyunik | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 10 | Shirak | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | -15 | 2 |