Only a win will satisfy the Van supporters in this clash with Shirak, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Premier League table.
The visiting Shirak played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match.
Van form and stats
Van have played 5 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). With Van having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager S. Arzumanyan.
Van manager S. Arzumanyan and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Pyunik (placed 8th) in the Premier League. Before that match, a Armenian Cup win away at Noravank.
The manager S. Arzumanyan will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Alashkert in only four days.
Van have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Van have conceded 5 goals.
Shirak form and stats
The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (28) in Premier League, are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Shirak are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road. Recent form does not give Shirak much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Van will be a tough nut to crack.
Shirak are looking to quickly end their 309 minutes long goal drought in the Premier League.
Goals are few and far between in Shirak's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. Shirak can't defend away. 18 goals have been scored by the opposition in 4 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  W. Eza 3 goals |  M. Bammatgereev 1 goals | M. Petrosyan 1 goals |
Van missing players
Shirak missing players
| Van | Shirak | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 28 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 44% | 40% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 33% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 33% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | 26 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 28 | 13 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 29% | 31% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 38% |
- All of Shirak's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Shirak has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premier League
- Shirak has the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Premier League
- Shirak has the most conceded goals (18) away in Premier League
- Shirak has the most conceded goals (28) in Premier League
- Shirak has the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Premier League
- Shirak has the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Premier League
- Shirak has the the worst goal difference (-16) away in Premier League
- Shirak has the the worst goal difference (-25) in Premier League
- Shirak have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Shirak have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Shirak have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shirak have yet to win a game.
- Shirak haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shirak is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Van have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Van have scored more than double the goals of Shirak.
- 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 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Ararat | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Van | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Lori | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 5 | Alashkert | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Artsakh | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | Ararat-Armenia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | Pyunik | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Gandzasar | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Shirak | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 18 | -25 | 2 |