Yerevan fights Banants in Premier League battle

It's no vacation for neither Yerevan nor Banants 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.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Banants have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 0-0-1 (win-draw-loss) from one match. This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

Yerevan form and stats

Yerevan have played three Premier League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 0 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. There's also a terrible streak running regardless of playing venue as Yerevan have lost seven games in a row. Yerevan are slowly digging their own grave here with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Shirak II match.

In their previous game, the manager N. Petrović led his Yerevan to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Alashkert. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Ahead of that match, Yerevan lost 0-1 at home to Lori.

Yerevan have scored 1 goal here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Yerevan defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Banants form and stats

Banants have been very modest guests so far, leaving with zero points in all their 4 away matches played so far in the Premier League. Bitter travels for Banants as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Shirak.

Two away games in a row for Banants, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Lori in the Premier League. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Ararat-Armenia.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Banants, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

R. Isaev 3 goals

S. Grabchak 1 goals

H. Hakobyan 1 goals

Yerevan missing players

Banants missing players