Premier League preview and numbers: Urartu - Ararat at Urartu Stadium

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Competition: Tue 22.November
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Urartu Stadium (5000 seats)

A victory to the home team is expected from this match if the league standings is a guide to future results. The Urartu followers are optimistic that the mismatch between 1st and Ararat's 7th position in the table will show on the grass.

Insights:
  • Urartu have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Premier League
  • Ararat have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Premier League

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

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Urartu form and stats

Urartu are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Urartu Stadium. 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games. Urartu has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away).

The Urartu goalkeeper Aleksandr Melikhov is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 265 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.

The home team returns to Urartu Stadium after drawing with Alashkert (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.

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

Urartu are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. From these home matches, Urartu have conceded only 7 goals.

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Ararat form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ararat so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Ararat's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Lernayin Artsakh (placed 6th).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Artsakh.

Low-scoring game? 12 of this side's last 16 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.

The attacking power of Ararat when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Ararat - Urartu 0-2 was the end result in these sides' latest h2h game, earlier this season. Urartu-Ararat H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Urartu four wins, Ararat four wins, two draws. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

UrartuM. Mayrovich
M. Mayrovich
7 goals
UrartuD. Khlyobas
D. Khlyobas
6 goals
UrartuO. Polyakov
O. Polyakov
3 goals

Urartu missing players

Ararat missing players

Urartu Ararat
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 2 8 16
12 5 3 Won W 0 2 5
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
2 2 0 Lost L 2 4 8
29 11 5 Scored S 1 6 10
9 7 1 Conceded C 4 8 15
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 81%
56% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 50%
38% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 25%
25% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
19% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 25%
56% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 44%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 50%
 
4.9 5 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.8 3.8
4.8 2.9 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.1 5
2.2 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.9 7.5 6.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 7.4 6.3
5.1 4 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.1 2.7
36% 34% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 23% 22%
 
5.5 5.4 3 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.3 6.7
2.6 2.8 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4.9 3.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Ararat have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ararat have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Premier League
  • Ararat have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Premier League
  • Ararat have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Premier League
  • Urartu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Urartu have scored more than double the goals of Ararat.
  • Urartu have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Premier League
  • 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 Urartu 16 12 2 2 29 9 8 5 1 2 11 7 8 7 1 0 18 2 20 38
2 Ararat-Armenia 16 11 2 3 33 8 8 6 1 1 17 3 8 5 1 2 16 5 25 35
3 Alashkert 17 10 4 3 29 18 8 5 3 0 14 2 9 5 1 3 15 16 11 34
4 Pyunik 15 8 3 4 20 10 8 6 0 2 15 5 7 2 3 2 5 5 10 27
5 Van 17 6 6 5 17 21 8 2 3 3 8 13 9 4 3 2 9 8 -4 24
6 Lernayin Artsakh 17 5 6 6 14 15 9 1 4 4 5 8 8 4 2 2 9 7 -1 21
7 Ararat 16 5 3 8 10 15 8 3 1 4 4 7 8 2 2 4 6 8 -5 18
8 Shirak 17 4 3 10 9 24 8 1 2 5 3 13 9 3 1 5 6 11 -15 15
9 BKMA 16 1 5 10 12 27 8 1 2 5 8 17 8 0 3 5 4 10 -15 8
10 Artsakh 17 0 6 11 13 39 9 0 3 6 7 19 8 0 3 5 6 20 -26 6

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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.