March 31 14:00, Yerevan, Banants -1 stadium, Day 24

Round 1 (Day 6). 29.08.2018 Banants vs Pyunik 4-2 Goals – Mohamed Konate, 27 (0-1), Vitali Stezhko,46, own goal (1-1), Erik Vardanyan, 66, 11PK (1-2), Igor Stanoevich, 71 (2-2), Vahagn Ayvazyan, 78 (3-2), Walmerson Garcia, 84 (4-2)

Round 2 (Day 15). 04.11.2018 Pyunik vs Banants 2-0 Goals – Alik Arakelyan, 7 (1-0), Alik Arakelyan, 84 (2-0)

After the wins in the previous 2 match days Pyunik has iincreased his reserve of points and runs among leaders. In general, in 3 matches of 4 played in the spring part of the championship our team celebrated victories. Especially Pyunik performs successfully when being hosted and at present the 7 of the 11 wins it has had in away matches. It should be noted that Pyunik has registered the best result in away matches among the participant teams of the championship (23 points).

In the 24th match day of the Premier League our team will face a serious trial: Pyunik will play the central match received by Banants which concedes only 2 points to out team and has spend one game less.

Pyunik started the ongoing championship very successfully winning 3 matches in a row and it was Banants that managed to break the series of our team’s victories. In that match of the 6th day of the Premier League Pyunik being 2 goals ahead of Banants due to first Mohamed Konate’s and then Erik Vardanyan’s scored goals, unfortunately, lost 4:2.

The teams’ next match took place on November 3, last year, in the framework of the 15th day of the Premier League where Alik Arakelyan’s two goals decided the match outcome and Pyunik had a confident win, 2-0, at Republican Stadium. It is worth noting that before that match the team hadn’t won for almost a month having scored only 1 goal out of 5 games of the championship.

The upcoming match against Banants, undoubtedly, will be a tough one for Pyunik but on the other hand our team has no place to retreat and will try to struggle for points  for keeping pace with the championship race.

By the way, the 5-day disqualification of our team’s head coach Andrei Talalaev will be ended with this match and beginning with the next match of the championship he again will be able to control his team’s actions from the technical area.