Playing at home is secure and good for Shirak, but Urartu are fully determined and capable to get all three points. Who wins the prize?
- Shirak have the fewest points (5) at home in Premier League
- Urartu have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Premier League
This pitch has the surface grass, unlike Urartu's home arena. The latest 26 games by the away team on grass have seen 10 wins, 9 draws and 7 losses.
It's no vacation for neither Shirak nor Urartu as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Shirak form and stats
Shirak's results here at Gyumri City Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 6 defeats. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Gyumri City Stadium, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the BKMA game.
Shirak played out an unexpected defeat 2-3 against Urartu in their previous game, also played in front of their own fans. Did Shirak get overconfident in their match against Urartu? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-3 defeat. The defeat against Urartu was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by Aghasaryan).
Before that match, a win away at BKMA.It should be added that a glance at the 10 latest league games shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Shirak aren't scoring a lot here at Gyumri City Stadium in the league, with only {5 goals} from 9 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Shirak defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Urartu form and stats
The strength of Urartu on their travels this season is incredible with 25 points collected from 9 Premier League away games. Urartu has 8-1-0 on the road, with 21 goals scored and 4 conceded.
Urartu play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Shirak (placed 8th).
A 0-3 loss hosting Ararat-Armenia before that.The Urartu manager Gunko has got the team scoring on the road, with 21 away goals in 9 league matches. The Urartu defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({4 goals} in 9 games). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Urartu have managed a streak of 7 consecutive matches without defeat (5-2-0) when facing Shirak.The teams involved faced each other previously this match year: Shirak - Urartu 2-3.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Mayrovich 7 goals | D. Khlyobas 6 goals |  A. Gevorkyan 3 goals |
Shirak missing players
Urartu missing players
| Shirak | Urartu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 12 | 21 | 34 |
| 27 | 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 53% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 63% |
| 37% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 47% |
| 16% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 26% |
| 11% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 33% | 21% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 42% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 67% | 47% |
| 53% | 56% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5.2 | 6.6 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.6 | 8.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9.7 | 5.9 | 4.8 |
| 25% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 40% | 37% |
| 7.2 | 7.4 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
- Shirak have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Shirak have the fewest points (5) at home in Premier League
- Shirak have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in Premier League
- Urartu have not yet lost a game away.
- Urartu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Urartu have scored more than double the goals of Shirak.
- Urartu have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Premier League
- Urartu have the most points (25) away in Premier League
- Urartu have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Premier League
- Urartu have the the best goal difference (+17) away 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 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 28 | 39 |
| 3 | Alashkert | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 34 |
| 4 | Pyunik | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 33 |
| 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 | Artsakh | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -23 | 12 |
