Ace Football previews the Champions League Qualification game between Ararat Armenia and Riga FC who meet up on Tuesday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Ararat Armenia start the season as favourites to land the Champions League Qualification crown. They launch their title bid on Tuesday at home in an opening day fixture with Riga FC at Football Academy Stadium.
Form: Ararat Armenia vs Riga FC
Ararat Armenia Form
A single point is all Ararat Armenia can show for their efforts in the past three matches. They managed a 1-1 draw with Universitatea Cluj, before getting trounced 4-1 against Sparta Prague while Sparta Prague won 1-2. Ararat Armenia just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Champions League Qualification matches at the Football Academy Stadium. They also drew zero and lost one of these six encounters, in which they scored two and conceded two goals.
Riga FC Form
Riga FC didn’t manage a single away win in their last six Champions League Qualification matches, but managed one draws, while suffering two defeats. They conceded three and scored zero goals themselves.
Betting stats for Ararat Armenia and Riga FC
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Ararat Armenia and Riga FC played across all tournaments.
- In 6 of the last 8 Ararat Armenia home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 18 of the last 20 Riga FC matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 9 Riga FC away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Riga FC have won 6 of the last 7 away matches while scoring more than 2.5 goals
- Riga FC have won 7 of the last 8 away matches and the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Riga FC have won 7 of the last 8 matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
In-form players: Ararat Armenia vs Riga FC
Betting markets: Ararat Armenia vs Riga FC
Full-time result
Ararat Armenia claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing three. Riga FC won eight of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost zero of the games in this run. Good luck taking on Riga FC currently, as they look back on an excellent streak of 21 games without defeat. Riga FC have hit a nice vein of form, not losing any of their last 10 away games.
Both teams to score
Surprisingly, Ararat Armenia only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Astonishingly, Riga FC scored the opening goal of the match in eight of their last ten games. Riga FC have not conceded a goal in 4 consecutive games. Riga FC were able to win five of these matches without conceding a goal. Perhaps a number worth keeping in mind for an accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of Ararat Armenia’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.9 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Riga FC, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 2.5 times goals per game themselves. Riga FC didn’t concede a single goal in their previous 4 matches.
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