Football betting preview: Urartu odds-on when BKMA arrive

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Competition: Armenia Premier League
Competition: Wed 11.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Urartu Stadium (5000 seats)

The home team ticketholders look for a win and three points in this match, and the home advantage should work versus a stumbling visitor. Urartu are in 6th place while the guesting BKMA worry at 9th.

Insights:
  • BKMA have the most conceded goals (52) in Premier League

The hosts Urartu saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Armenian Cup. That game was an away game at Noravank, so at least Urartu are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Urartu form and stats

3 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Urartu have to build on here at Urartu Stadium in the Premier League.

The club members are hoping that Urartu will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Armenian Cup fixture against Noravank.

Before that, Urartu played out a Premier League draw 1-1 when visiting Alashkert.

The manager Arzumanyan will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Pyunik in only four days.

Urartu are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. Urartu have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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BKMA form and stats

There's been little loot from BKMA's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 13 away games in the Premier League. BKMA only have 0 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved BKMA have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 14 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Shirak II game.

BKMA played 1-1 against Van in their previous match.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Artsakh that ended 1-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting BKMA as they have only managed to score 8 times from 13 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

The most recent past meeting between these teams is the BKMA - Urartu 1-4 played not long ago this season. Head-to-head data (for the prior three meetings): Urartu won three games, zero matches ended with a draw and BKMA have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / zero One of the stars has been Desire with 3 goals scored against BKMA in these 3 games.

Top Goalscorers

UrartuA. Miranyan
A. Miranyan
9 goals
UrartuJ. Desire
J. Desire
4 goals
BKMAG. Petrosyan
G. Petrosyan
4 goals

Urartu missing players

BKMA missing players

Urartu BKMA
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 4 13 28
7 3 2 Won W 0 0 3
10 5 1 Drew D 1 4 6
9 4 0 Lost L 3 9 19
31 14 5 Scored S 3 8 21
28 10 1 Conceded C 11 26 52
88% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
73% 58% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 71%
38% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 46% 43%
15% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 29%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 23% 21%
46% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 54% 50%
31% 42% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 11%
35% 42% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 46% 43%
 
4.7 4.7 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.6 2.8
4.2 4.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.6 6.2
1.3 1 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.9 1.8
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.5 5.7 7 Shots (avg) S ( 6 3.8 4.2
3.6 3.2 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 1.9 2.3
33% 36% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 30% 32%
 
5.8 5.2 3.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12 8.8 8.3
2.7 2.2 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.7 5 4.4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • BKMA have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • BKMA have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • BKMA have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • BKMA have the most conceded goals (26) away in Premier League
  • BKMA have the most conceded goals (52) in Premier League
  • BKMA have the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in Premier League
  • BKMA have the the worst goal difference (-18) away in Premier League
  • BKMA have the the worst goal difference (-31) in Premier League
  • BKMA have yet to win a game away.

  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 29 22 4 3 49 23 14 10 2 2 22 14 15 12 2 1 27 9 26 70
2 Ararat-Armenia 29 20 5 4 52 19 15 9 4 2 29 13 14 11 1 2 23 6 33 65
3 Ararat 27 12 7 8 41 30 13 6 3 4 21 13 14 6 4 4 20 17 11 43
4 Alashkert 27 12 6 9 31 27 14 6 3 5 15 16 13 6 3 4 16 11 4 42
5 Artsakh 29 9 10 10 34 38 14 4 5 5 16 13 15 5 5 5 18 25 -4 37
6 Urartu 26 7 10 9 31 28 12 3 5 4 14 10 14 4 5 5 17 18 3 31
7 Noravank 27 6 5 16 28 43 14 5 3 6 20 18 13 1 2 10 8 25 -15 23
8 Van 28 4 7 17 16 43 14 3 3 8 10 20 14 1 4 9 6 23 -27 19
9 BKMA 28 3 6 19 21 52 15 3 2 10 13 26 13 0 4 9 8 26 -31 15
10 Junior Sevan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.