Football match preview: Urartu vs Ararat

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Competition: Sat 30.October
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Urartu Stadium (5000 seats)

Both these teams are sailing pretty smoothly so far, Ararat enjoying a 8 point edge on Urartu in the standings. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • Urartu have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
  • Ararat haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Urartu form and stats

2-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Urartu so far this season. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Urartu, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

The Urartu goalkeeper Arsen Beglaryan is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 258 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.

An away draw last time out for Urartu, facing Junior Sevan in a game that ended 0-0.

Before that match, a win away at Noravank.

Urartu have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Urartu Stadium with 7 goals in 4 league matches. 4 goals have been conceded.

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Ararat form and stats

Playing away, Ararat have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League this season.

Impressive finishing from S. Deblé secured the home win 1-0 against Van in their previous game.

Before that, Ararat travelled to Artsakh and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

The visiting Ararat have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 5 games. As opposed to that, Ararat have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H encounter ended Ararat - Urartu 2-0, earlier this season. Urartu-Ararat H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Urartu six wins, Ararat three wins, one draw. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AraratS. Deblé
S. Deblé
7 goals
AraratD. Silue
D. Silue
6 goals
UrartuN. Grigoryan
N. Grigoryan
4 goals

Urartu missing players

Ararat missing players

Urartu Ararat
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 2 5 11
4 2 0 Won W 0 2 7
2 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
4 2 1 Lost L 1 2 3
11 7 0 Scored S 2 5 21
11 4 2 Conceded C 4 7 13
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 73%
40% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 45%
10% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 36%
10% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 27%
30% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 20% 36%
30% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 36%
50% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 27%
 
5.3 6.8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 5.6 5.3
2.6 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3 3.8
1.6 1.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6.7 6 6 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 8 8.5
3.8 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 4.5
29% 47% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 31% 42%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Ararat haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Urartu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Urartu have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
  • Urartu have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Urartu have won significantly more corners at 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-Armenia 11 10 1 0 29 8 5 5 0 0 16 5 6 5 1 0 13 3 21 31
2 Ararat 11 7 1 3 21 13 6 5 0 1 16 6 5 2 1 2 5 7 8 22
3 Pyunik 10 5 3 2 13 8 4 0 3 1 2 5 6 5 0 1 11 3 5 18
4 Junior Sevan 11 4 5 2 12 8 6 4 2 0 10 2 5 0 3 2 2 6 4 17
5 Artsakh 10 4 3 3 14 20 3 1 1 1 5 5 7 3 2 2 9 15 -6 15
6 Urartu 10 4 2 4 11 11 4 2 0 2 7 4 6 2 2 2 4 7 0 14
7 Van 11 2 3 6 9 14 6 1 2 3 4 6 5 1 1 3 5 8 -5 9
8 Noravank 10 2 2 6 6 14 5 2 1 2 4 5 5 0 1 4 2 9 -8 8
9 Alashkert 9 1 4 4 6 12 6 1 3 2 2 6 3 0 1 2 4 6 -6 7
10 BKMA 11 1 0 10 9 22 7 1 0 6 6 14 4 0 0 4 3 8 -13 3

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.