UEFA Champions League 2026-2027 Qualifying rounds Tue, Jul 7 · 17:00 Yerevan Football Academy, Yerevan
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Away travel2,375 kmMatches / 14d0 · 0
Real contextStrength only
Ararat-Armenia—%
Draw—%
Riga—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Yerevan)

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Referee · UkraineKlim Zabroda
  • Cards per match 4.0
  • Penalties per match 0.17
  • Matches 24

Team strength

Ararat-ArmeniaRiga
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
7 Current StrengthIn forecast 7
8 AttackIn forecast 7
8 DefenceIn forecast 8
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Ararat-Armenia

Attack—
Defense risk—

Riga

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Ararat-ArmeniaRiga
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
1.40 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.10
1.40 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.60
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
70% Scored inContext 70%
20% Clean sheetsContext 30%
12.33 ShotsContext 15.00
4.67 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.75
38% On target shareContext 25%
— Shots in the boxContext 10.00
— Box shareContext 66%
8% ConversionContext 7%
— OffsidesContext 3.00
11.33 Shots allowedContext 16.75
4.00 On target allowedVia Att/Def 6.25
— BlocksContext 5.00
2.33 Goalkeeper savesContext 4.25
58% Save rateContext 68%
— PossessionIn forecast 45%
— PassesContext 376
— Accurate passesContext 262
— Pass accuracyContext 70%
— Team ratingContext 7.00
13.00 FoulsContext 18.00
16.33 Fouls sufferedContext 13.00
2.10 Yellow cardsContext 2.30
0.20 Red cardsContext 0.10
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Ararat-Armenia
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Riga
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel2,375 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load20%Moderate
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Ararat-Armenia Riga
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Moderate · 20
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match——
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km2,375 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 0 / 00 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one77

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Ararat-Armenia Confirmed XI
4-3-3
98João Bravim(G)
16E. Grigoryan 47A. Malis 3J. Julio 13K. Hovhannisyan
19K. Muradyan 20A. Tera 2Hugo Oliveira
7Z. Shaghoyan 91Sandro Lima 77A. Serobyan
Riga Confirmed XI
4-3-2-1
91F. Orols(G)
17A. Salazar 21B. Musah 5K. Wassom 33Paulo
4O. Galo 40A. Ankrah 13R. Jurkovskis
7R. Aouani 18S. Oulad M'Hand
19M. Badamosi

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Ararat-Armenia Absences are shown before kick-off
Riga Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Ararat-Armenia · Home No home games yet this season.
Riga · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Referee · Klim Zabroda Ukraine · 24 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.83
Red cards0.13
Cards 5+33%
Fouls19.8
Penalties0.17
Home wins38%
Ararat-Armenia

No previous matches with this referee.

Riga

No previous matches with this referee.

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Ararat-Armenia
No complete event data.
Riga
No complete event data.
Ararat-Armenia10 games · scored 14 · conceded 14
2 2 0-15
2 3 16-30
3 1 31-45
1 2 46-60
2 1 61-75
4 5 76-90
Riga10 games · scored 11 · conceded 16
1 4 0-15
2 16-30
1 31-45
1 4 46-60
4 1 61-75
4 5 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.