There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round meeting between Sheriff and Alashkert. Game on!
Sheriff and Alashkert should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Sheriff form and stats
Sheriff have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Teuta Durres. Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 2nd qualifying round.When playing at home in the National Division, Sheriff have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 1 games. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Sheriff.
Sheriff are returning here after visiting Alashkert in a Champions League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Luvannor Henrique scored the goal(s).
Before that, Sheriff had a Champions League home game versus Teuta Durres which ended with a victory 1-0.Sheriff are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won one, drew one and lost two.
Sheriff are traveling soon after this match as the National Division match at Floresti awaits in three days.
Sheriff has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Alashkert form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Connah's Quay in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Champions League. Alashkert's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 1st qualifying round.7 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Alashkert playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Total Champions League statistics for Alashkert: 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss. Momentum is building for Alashkert in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
The Alashkert goalkeeper David Yurchenko is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 225 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Home advantage was not enough for Alashkert in their previous game, as they lost their Champions League-match, hosting Sheriff, 0-1.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Connah's Quay (after extra-time).A new game in only three days for Alashkert, the Premier League home match versus Ararat-Armenia. Busy days.
Alashkert have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 15 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Alashkert - Sheriff 0-1 entered in the official records.Sheriff missing players
Alashkert missing players
| Sheriff | Alashkert | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 77 | 31 | Scored | S | 18 | 33 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 11 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 12% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 48% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zimbru | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Milsami | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Dinamo-Auto | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 4 | Petrocub | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | CSF Balti | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Sfintul Gheorghe | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Sheriff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Floresti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | -6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alashkert | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 46 |
| 2 | Artsakh | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 41 |
| 3 | Banants | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 41 |
| 4 | Ararat | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 40 |
| 5 | Ararat-Armenia | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 38 |
| 6 | Van | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 31 |
| 7 | Pyunik | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Lori | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 26 | -28 | 23 |
| 9 | Shirak | 24 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 53 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 30 | -34 | 13 |
| 10 | Gandzasar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |