Premier League match preview: Urartu versus Ararat-Armenia

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Competition: Sun 25.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Urartu Stadium (5000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Urartu have their presumed home advantage while Ararat-Armenia are ahead 5 points in the Premier League table.

Insights:
  • Urartu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ararat-Armenia have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Premier League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

It should be mentioned that Ararat-Armenia play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Ararat-Armenia on artifical turf are 3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats from four games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 7-2. You can compare this with overall results below.

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

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Urartu form and stats

3-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Urartu so far this season.

J. Desire was the last player to score a league goal for Urartu and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Urartu haven't scored in 222 minutes.

Heartbreak before that as Urartu lost 0-1 at Alashkert's place.

Urartu has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. On the other hand, Urartu have conceded 6 goals.

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Ararat-Armenia form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Ararat-Armenia, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Premier League, playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ararat-Armenia as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. Ararat-Armenia's manager A. Baydachniy has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Ararat-Armenia - Urartu 0-1, played this season. Last seven meetings between the teams: Urartu won two, Ararat-Armenia won two and three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

UrartuJ. Desire
J. Desire
8 goals
Ararat-ArmeniaY. Otubanjo
Y. Otubanjo
8 goals
Ararat-ArmeniaM. Lima Duarte Lopes
M. Lima Duarte Lopes
4 goals

Urartu missing players

Ararat-Armenia missing players

Urartu Ararat-Armenia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 6 2 Played P 2 7 17
7 3 1 Won W 1 3 8
3 0 0 Drew D 1 3 5
6 3 1 Lost L 0 1 4
18 7 2 Scored S 1 5 26
15 6 2 Conceded C 0 3 13
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 71% 82%
69% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 14% 53%
38% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 47%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 24%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
31% 17% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 14% 41%
44% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 71% 47%
31% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.2 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
6.4 5.7 6 Shots (avg) S ( 8 5.3 7.1
2.1 2.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 1.5 2.8
48% 54% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 52%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Ararat-Armenia have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Premier League
  • Ararat-Armenia have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Premier League
  • Urartu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Urartu haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 17 9 4 4 24 11 9 6 2 1 16 5 8 3 2 3 8 6 13 31
2 Alashkert 16 8 6 2 16 10 9 4 3 2 8 6 7 4 3 0 8 4 6 30
3 Ararat-Armenia 17 8 5 4 26 13 10 5 2 3 21 10 7 3 3 1 5 3 13 29
4 Noah 17 8 4 5 26 17 9 4 3 2 14 8 8 4 1 3 12 9 9 28
5 Urartu 16 7 3 6 18 15 6 3 0 3 7 6 10 4 3 3 11 9 3 24
6 Van 20 7 3 10 18 26 10 4 0 6 10 12 10 3 3 4 8 14 -8 24
7 Lori 17 7 2 8 16 21 8 4 1 3 8 6 9 3 1 5 8 15 -5 23
8 Pyunik 18 5 6 7 13 12 7 0 5 2 3 6 11 5 1 5 10 6 1 21
9 Shirak 18 1 6 11 11 41 9 0 4 5 3 15 9 1 2 6 8 26 -30 9
10 Gandzasar 8 2 1 5 10 12 5 2 0 3 7 7 3 0 1 2 3 5 -2 7

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.