Urartu should be favourites to win this home match versus Shirak, if the league standings are to be trusted. Or are we in for a surprise?
- Urartu is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
- Shirak have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It's no vacation for neither Urartu nor Shirak 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
The story so far in the Premier League for Urartu at their home stadium (Banants) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
Urartu are confident in defense, having played 293 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The Urartu supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Shirak and win 1-0.
Before that match, a win away at Ararat-Armenia.Urartu are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games.
Shirak form and stats
Shirak have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-0-4 (6 played).
Shirak play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Urartu (placed 1st).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus BKMA.The attacking power of Shirak when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. In the opposite end, Shirak have conceded 9 goals in their away games. Shirak has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Urartu have managed a streak of 6 consecutive matches without losing (4-2-0) when playing Shirak.Here's what happened when the contenders played each other earlier this campaign; Urartu - Shirak 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Mayrovich 6 goals | D. Khlyobas 5 goals |  L. Sabua 3 goals |
Urartu missing players
Shirak missing players
| Urartu | Shirak | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 22 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 9 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 64% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 55% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 36% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 9% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 55% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 55% |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 4.9 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 4.3 | 5.6 |
| 5.3 | 3.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 38% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 23% |
| 6.5 | 5.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 8 | 7.1 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.7 | 2.6 |
- Shirak have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Shirak have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shirak haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Urartu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Urartu have scored more than double the goals of Shirak.
- Urartu have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Premier League
- Urartu have the the best goal difference (+15) in Premier League
- Urartu haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Urartu is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 25 |
| 2 | Alashkert | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Ararat-Armenia | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 19 |
| 4 | Pyunik | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Van | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Lernayin Artsakh | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 | Ararat | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 11 |
| 8 | Shirak | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 9 | BKMA | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 6 |
| 10 | Artsakh | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | -21 | 4 |
