Ace Football previews the Champions League Qualification round 1 match between Riga FC and Ararat Armenia and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.
Riga FC 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 Ararat Armenia at Skonto Stadium.
Team form: Riga FC vs Ararat Armenia
Riga FC Form
Riga FC are without a win in their last six Champions League Qualification matches on home soil, which produced a record of one draws and one defeats, in which they conceded six and scored five goals.
Ararat Armenia Form
Ararat Armenia collected one win from their last three matches, as Sparta Prague won by 4-1. Sparta Prague were too strong as well, winning 1-2, before Ararat Armenia won 2-0 against Riga FC. Ararat Armenia came through their last six away games in the Champions League Qualification without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew zero and lost one in which, they were outscored by three goals to one.
Betting stats and facts for Riga FC and Ararat Armenia
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 Riga FC and Ararat Armenia played across all tournaments.
- In 12 of the last 14 Riga FC home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Riga FC have won 8 of the last 10 matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- Riga FC have won the last 5 home matches in a row while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In the last 4 Riga FC matches in the Champions League Qualification, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Riga FC have lost 3 of the last 4 matches in the Champions League Qualification while scoring less than 0.5 goals
- Ararat Armenia have won 5 of the last 6 away matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In 5 of the last 7 Ararat Armenia matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Ararat Armenia matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Ararat Armenia matches in the Champions League Qualification, the sum of goals was under 3.5
Players in form: Riga FC vs Ararat Armenia
Popular betting markets: Riga FC vs Ararat Armenia
Full-time result
Riga FC won eight of their last 10 matches on home soil, drew two and lost none. Ararat Armenia won three games, drew three and lost four in their last 10 away games across all tournaments. Riga FC are on an amazing streak of now 12 games at home in a row without defeat. Ararat Armenia remained without defeat in 7 away games on the bounce.
Both teams to score
Riga FC scored the first goal of the game an impressive eight times out of the last ten games. Curiously, Ararat Armenia only scored the opening goal of the match in two of the last ten away games. Ararat Armenia managed the first goal of the game in only three of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Riga FC were first on target in eight of their last 10 outings.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Riga FC, who scored an average of 2.3 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Ararat Armenia, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.8 times goals per game themselves.
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