Most would pick Urartu in this fixture versus Noravank, but the visitors will fight to the bitter end. Here's our complete match preview!
- Urartu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Noravank have the fewest scored goals (10) in Premier League
It's no vacation for neither Urartu nor Noravank as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Urartu form and stats
4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Urartu so far this season.
Urartu's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Van (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Ararat-Armenia.The Urartu fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. Urartu are not conceding a lot of goals here at Banants-3 in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Noravank form and stats
Noravank have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Premier League, after 0-1-8 (9 played). Noravank are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Van fixture.
Noravank's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus BKMA that finished 1-1.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Van's place.Goals are few and far between in Noravank's away league games. Only 4 goals from 9 travels. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Noravank struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The squads have faced each other previously this season, with the result Noravank - Urartu 0-1 logged in the official records. (Noravank) was sent off by the referee when these teams met earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Urartu two wins, zero draws and Noravank zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. The games between these sides have sometimes been from the last two duels. Grigoryan loves to face Noravank and have scored 2 goals in these matches.Top Goalscorers
  S. Orlov 4 goals | S. Obonde 1 goals | B. Techie 1 goals |
Urartu missing players
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| Urartu | Noravank | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 20 | 14 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 17 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 27 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 89% | 94% |
| 71% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 72% |
| 35% | 38% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 28% |
| 12% | 25% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 12% | 25% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 35% | 25% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 39% |
| 35% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 11% | 11% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 56% |
| 5.2 | 5.9 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.9 | 6.3 |
| 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.5 | 5.8 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| 32% | 48% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 6.3 | 6.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
- Noravank have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Noravank have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Noravank have the fewest scored goals (10) in Premier League
- Noravank have yet to win a game away.
- Noravank is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Urartu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Urartu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Urartu have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Noravank have scored 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 | Ararat-Armenia | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 25 | 44 |
| 2 | Pyunik | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 | Ararat | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 33 |
| 4 | Noah | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 25 |
| 5 | Urartu | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Alashkert | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 22 |
| 7 | Junior Sevan | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Van | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 12 |
| 9 | Noravank | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | -17 | 10 |
| 10 | BKMA | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | -25 | 7 |
