Premier League match prediction: Little separates Urartu and Ararat-Armenia in quality

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Competition: Mon 07.Aug
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Urartu Stadium (5000 seats)

After the first games for these two it's Urartu - Ararat-Armenia 3-3 in points. Who will carry the day in this second Premier League fixture of the season?

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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 Ararat-Armenia.

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Urartu form and stats

In the previous season, Urartu's league statistics were 26 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, providing 1st position in the Premier League. During these 36 matches they scored {68 goals} and conceded 25. Appearing at their own stadium in the previous season Urartu managed 12-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with {26 goals} and 16 conceded.

Urartu's previous match was also a home event, the loss 2-3 vs SSC Farul (in Europa Conference League).

In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus BKMA with a 2-1 scoreline.

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Ararat-Armenia form and stats

Let's have a look at how Ararat-Armenia performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 23 victories, 7 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 70 and conceded {27 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 37/17 goals scored/conceded. Only one away game in the Premier League so far for Ararat-Armenia and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 11 victories, 3 draws and 4 losses from 18 travels.

Two away matches in a row for Ararat-Armenia, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs Aris in the Europa Conference League.

Preceding that game was the away Premier League victory against Ararat with the score of 3-1.

{3 goals} so far away for Ararat-Armenia, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Urartu won three, Ararat-Armenia were winners in four and we saw three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

UrartuA. Özbiliz
A. Özbiliz
2 goals
Ararat-ArmeniaT. Yenne
T. Yenne
2 goals
Ararat-ArmeniaM. Gbomadu
M. Gbomadu
1 goals

Urartu missing players

Ararat-Armenia missing players

Urartu Ararat-Armenia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 3 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Urartu Last season Ararat-Armenia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
26 12   Won W   11 23
5 2   Drew D   3 7
5 4   Lost L   4 6
68 26   Scored S   37 70
25 16   Conceded C   17 27
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 92%
67% 61%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 72%
47% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 58%
31% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 28%
17% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 14%
36% 44%   BTTS BTTS   50% 44%
58% 44%   Clean Sheets C S   44% 47%
11% 11%   Failed to Score F T   11% 17%
 
5.2 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   6 6.9
4 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.3 3.2
2.4 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.3
4 2   Red cards R C   0 2
 
9.4 7.8   Shots (avg) S (   9.8 11.2
4.6 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 4.9
41% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   47% 40%
 
6.4 7.1   Shots against (avg) S A   6.5 5.8
2.8 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.4 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ararat-Armenia 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Pyunik 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Shirak 2 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 3
4 Urartu 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 BKMA 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
6 Artsakh 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
7 Van 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
8 West Armenia 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
9 Ararat 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
10 Alashkert 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season 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 36 26 5 5 68 25 18 12 2 4 26 16 18 14 3 1 42 9 43 83
2 Pyunik 36 25 5 6 72 23 18 14 0 4 37 11 18 11 5 2 35 12 49 80
3 Ararat-Armenia 36 23 7 6 70 27 18 12 4 2 33 10 18 11 3 4 37 17 43 76
4 Alashkert 36 20 6 10 58 37 18 10 4 4 30 12 18 10 2 6 28 25 21 66
5 Van 36 11 7 18 38 59 18 5 4 9 21 30 18 6 3 9 17 29 -21 40
6 Ararat 36 10 8 18 29 42 18 5 4 9 13 22 18 5 4 9 16 20 -13 38
7 Shirak 36 10 6 20 25 55 18 4 4 10 10 26 18 6 2 10 15 29 -30 36
8 BKMA 36 7 11 18 36 53 18 3 5 10 21 33 18 4 6 8 15 20 -17 32
9 Artsakh 36 8 8 20 34 66 18 5 4 9 22 33 18 3 4 11 12 33 -32 32
10 Lernayin Artsakh 36 5 7 24 16 59 18 1 4 13 6 34 18 4 3 11 10 25 -43 22

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.