Ararat-Armenia — Sparta Praha 1:4, 16 September: match result

match finished UEFA Europa League · Matchday 1 Wednesday 16 September · 16:45 UTC

Ararat-Armenia 36th · 0 pts LLWD

1 : 4 1st half 0:2

Sparta Praha 1th · 3 pts DW

Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium · referee M. Al-Hakim

Match predictionSafe

Ararat-Armenia to lose by two at most

93% · Ararat-Armenia games average 2.7 goals

Prediction missed. We predicted “Ararat-Armenia to lose by two at most”, and the match finished 1:4.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Ararat-Armenia 31% draw 24% Sparta Praha 45%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Sparta Praha win, and the match finished 1:4. Fans backed Sparta Praha win — they got it right.

fans 48 votes

Ararat-Armenia 37% draw 12% Sparta Praha 51%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

T. Guddal assist: A. Karabec [0-1] 20'

T. Guddal [0-2] 22'

J. Mercado assist: J. Alcocer [0-3] 53'

B. R. Wilson Valdez assist: Sandro Lima [1-3] 55'

Franca Carlos for Benny 58'

M. Vojta for J. Brunes 61'

P. Vydra for H. Sochurek 61'

A. Irving for A. Karabec 69'

M. Jurasek for J. Mercado 69'

P. Vydra assist: M. Jurasek [1-4] 71'

Z. Shaghoyan for A. Serobyan 72'

J. A. Balanta for H. Oliveira 72'

J. Zeleny for M. Rynes 79'

A. Ambartsumyan for Z. Banjaqui 80'

A. Eloyan for Sandro Lima 80'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Ararat-Armenia 4-3-3 · Tulipa 4-3-3 · Brian Priske Sparta Praha

João Bravim  
Junior Julio  43 Bruno Wilson  47 Alexandros Malis  16 Edgar Grigoryan  
Hugo Oliveira  19 Karen Muradyan  70 Bernardo Dias  
Artur Serobyan  91 Sandro Lima  11 Zidane Banjaqui  

John Mercado  14 Jonatan Braut Brunes  7 Josimar Alcócer  
Adam Karabec  28 Roman Macek  38 Hugo Sochurek  
Martin Suchomel  22 Loïc Mbe Soh  6 Tobias Kvalvagnes Guddal  11 Matěj Ryneš  
Jakub Surovčík  

Ararat-Armenia bench

25Alioune Ndour
20Alwyn Tera
9Arayik Eloyan
1Arman Nersesyan
10Armen Ambartsumyan
14Bruno Pereira
95Carlos França
8Juan Balanta
5Luís Felipe
17Maxence Carlier
7Zhirayr Shaghoyan

Sparta Praha bench

18Andy Irving
27Ebrima Singhateh
30Jaroslav Zelený
21Joao Grimaldo
47Krisztián Hegyi
54Lukas Franc
29Matyáš Vojta
31Matěj Jurásek
26Patrik Vydra
3Pavel Kadeřábek
5Santiago Eneme
15Viktor Vitályos

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

42%Possession58%

13Shots23

2Shots on target8

7Shots off target7

4Blocked shots8

10Shots inside box14

3Shots outside box9

44Attacks103

20Dangerous attacks77

2Corners13

2Offsides2

16Fouls19

3Yellow cards0

3Saves1

357Passes473

296Accurate passes422

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Ararat-Armenia

Sparta PrahaThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Ararat-Armenia and Sparta Praha met on matchday 1 of the UEFA Europa League on 16 September at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium. Final score — 1:4.

Ararat-Armenia sit 36th on 0 points after 4 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses). Sparta Praha sit 1th on 3 points after 2 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 0 losses).

Season form

all competitions of the season

Ararat-Armenia last five Sparta Praha

LLWD form DW

4 Matches 2

1 — 1 — 2 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 1 — 0

4 — 8 Scored — conceded 5 — 2

1 Points per game 2

1 Goals scored per game 2.5

1 Clean sheets 0

0 Failed to score 0

winless in 2 Current streak unbeaten in 2

Ararat-Armenia at home: 2 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 2—4, 1.5 points per match.

Sparta Praha away: 1 match, 1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 4—1, 3 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
10	Olympiakos Piraeus	2	2	0	0	3—1	6
11	Sparta Praha	2	1	1	0	5—2	4
12	Union Saint-Gilloise	2	1	1	0	4—1	4
…
33	Celtic	2	0	0	2	2—7	0
34	Ararat-Armenia	2	0	0	2	2—7	0
35	Celje	2	0	0	2	0—5	0

Full UEFA Europa League table