Premier League: What this fixture might lack in glamour it should make up for in guts and commitment. Bring on Van - Shirak!
- Van have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Premier League
- Shirak have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
These are busy days for the home side, as they played only four days ago in the Premier League. That game was an away game at Ararat-Armenia, so at least Van are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Van form and stats
With 4 Premier League wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Van are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Van lost their last game at Ararat-Armenia (placed 3rd) after a 1-4 scoreline.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Ararat in a game that was won 3-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Van have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Scoring bonanza? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 12 latest league matches with this team has seen three or more goals.
The Van fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 16 matches. Van have conceded 29 from these games.
Shirak form and stats
5-2-9 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Shirak in their Premier League matches away.
The attacking players of Shirak have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 362 minutes.
Shirak might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Alashkert proved too strong as Shirak slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Gyumri City Stadium.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Ararat-Armenia.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Shirak in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Shirak, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
The visitors have scored 14 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Shirak have conceded 26 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The newest past match involving both these sides is the Shirak - Van 1-0 played not long ago this season. Nadzharyan (Van) was sent off by the referee when these teams met earlier this season. Van-Shirak H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Van three wins, Shirak two wins, two draws. three of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  E. Movsesyan 9 goals |  M. Bakayoko 6 goals | D. Ankudinov 4 goals |
Van missing players
Shirak missing players
| Van | Shirak | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 35 | 18 | 10 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| 57 | 29 | 7 | Conceded | C | 7 | 26 | 50 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 91% |
| 73% | 81% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 56% | 58% |
| 55% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 56% | 39% |
| 42% | 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 9% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 42% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 38% | 30% |
| 24% | 12% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 30% |
| 36% | 38% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 48% |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6.3 | 6.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.8 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| 2.8 | 3.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 38% | 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 32% | 31% |
| 9.9 | 9.8 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.1 | 7.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
- Shirak have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Shirak have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Van have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Van have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Premier League
- Van 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 | Banants | 33 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 43 | 79 |
| 2 | Pyunik | 33 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 69 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 49 | 76 |
| 3 | Ararat-Armenia | 33 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 64 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 41 | 72 |
| 4 | Alashkert | 33 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 20 | 60 |
| 5 | Van | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 57 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -22 | 37 |
| 6 | Ararat | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 19 | -13 | 36 |
| 7 | Shirak | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 50 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -26 | 33 |
| 8 | BKMA | 33 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 46 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 19 | -14 | 30 |
| 9 | Artsakh | 33 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 65 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 33 | -36 | 23 |
| 10 | Lernayin Artsakh | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 58 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 25 | -42 | 21 |
