Urartu Stadium: Urartu vs Alashkert Premier League preview

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Competition: Wed 18.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Urartu Stadium (5000 seats)

Trying to decrease the distance up to the top clubs is the target when these two mid-table clubs fight it out. Both are trying to strenghten their league table standing, Urartu in 6th and Alashkert in 4th spot.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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 Urartu and Alashkert.

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Urartu form and stats

Urartu have collected 17 points from their Premier League home games so far after 4-5-4.

An away draw last time out for Urartu, facing Pyunik in a game that ended 1-1.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against BKMA.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Ararat-Armenia in only four days. This game is also played here at Urartu Stadium.

Urartu has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Urartu have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Alashkert form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Alashkert have produced an overall stat of 6-3-4 so far.

The fans enjoyed Alashkert's previous game versus Ararat (placed 3rd), a 2-1 win played at home.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Urartu.

The schedule is very tough for Alashkert now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Noravank is waiting in only four days.

Alashkert find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. Alashkert are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These sides played each other previously this match year: Alashkert - Urartu 1-1. Previous ten meetings involving these squads: Urartu won two, Alashkert were winners in five and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

UrartuA. Miranyan
A. Miranyan
9 goals
AlashkertJ. Djaló Embaló
J. Djaló Embaló
6 goals
UrartuU. Iwu
U. Iwu
4 goals

Urartu missing players

Alashkert missing players

Urartu Alashkert
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 13 2 Played P 2 13 28
8 4 0 Won W 1 6 13
11 5 1 Drew D 0 3 6
9 4 1 Lost L 1 4 9
33 15 2 Scored S 1 16 33
29 10 3 Conceded C 1 11 28
89% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 89%
71% 54% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 62% 68%
36% 31% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 31% 39%
14% 15% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 14%
11% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 7%
46% 31% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 31% 36%
32% 46% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 54% 43%
32% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 23% 32%
 
4.6 4.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4 4
4.2 4.6 9.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2.9 3.7
1.4 1.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
6.5 6.1 3.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.6 7.7
3.6 3.5 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 3.8
33% 33% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 41% 32%
 
5.8 5.2 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 1 5.2 7.1
2.6 2.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.7 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pyunik 30 22 5 3 50 24 15 10 3 2 23 15 15 12 2 1 27 9 26 71
2 Ararat-Armenia 30 21 5 4 53 19 16 10 4 2 30 13 14 11 1 2 23 6 34 68
3 Ararat 29 13 7 9 46 32 14 7 3 4 25 13 15 6 4 5 21 19 14 46
4 Alashkert 28 13 6 9 33 28 15 7 3 5 17 17 13 6 3 4 16 11 5 45
5 Artsakh 30 9 11 10 37 41 15 4 6 5 19 16 15 5 5 5 18 25 -4 38
6 Urartu 28 8 11 9 33 29 13 4 5 4 15 10 15 4 6 5 18 19 4 35
7 Noravank 29 6 6 17 31 50 14 5 3 6 20 18 15 1 3 11 11 32 -19 24
8 Van 29 4 7 18 16 44 14 3 3 8 10 20 15 1 4 10 6 24 -28 19
9 BKMA 29 3 6 20 21 53 15 3 2 10 13 26 14 0 4 10 8 27 -32 15
10 Junior Sevan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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.