UEFA Champions League 2026-2027 Qualifying rounds Tue, Jul 21 · 17:00 Yerevan Football Academy, Yerevan
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Away travel4,034 kmRest days7 · ?Matches / 14d2 · 0
Real contextStrength only
Ararat-Armenia—%
Draw—%
Shamrock Rovers—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Yerevan)

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RefereeDavid Dickinson
  • Cards per match 4.6
  • Penalties per match 0.26
  • Matches 61

Team strength

Ararat-ArmeniaShamrock Rovers
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
7 Current StrengthIn forecast 11
8 AttackIn forecast 13
8 DefenceIn forecast 12
— 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—

Shamrock Rovers

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Ararat-ArmeniaShamrock Rovers
2.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.50
1.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.50
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
100% Scored inContext 50%
50% Clean sheetsContext 0%
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
50% On target shareContext 67%
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
33% ConversionContext 24%
— 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 —
2.00 Yellow cardsContext 2.00
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 2 and 2 games
1.70 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.40
1.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.70
— xGVia Att/Def 1.23
— xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.94
— Goals minus xGContext +0.17
80% Scored inContext 70%
30% Clean sheetsContext 10%
12.00 ShotsContext 10.43
4.33 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.43
36% On target shareContext 52%
— Shots in the boxContext 7.80
— Box shareContext 65%
14% ConversionContext 16%
— OffsidesContext 3.20
11.00 Shots allowedContext 15.14
5.33 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.00
— BlocksContext 5.17
— Goalkeeper savesContext 3.33
56% Save rateContext 59%
52% PossessionIn forecast 42%
— PassesContext 328
— Accurate passesContext 258
— Pass accuracyContext 79%
6.48 Team ratingContext 6.61
— FoulsContext 9.00
— Fouls sufferedContext 10.50
2.00 Yellow cardsContext 2.50
0.20 Red cardsContext 0.00
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
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km4,750 km in 14d
Schedule load10%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Shamrock Rovers
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel4,034 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 Shamrock Rovers
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 10Moderate · 20
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7UEFA Champions League 2026-2027, 14 Jul—
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km4,034 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways4,750 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 20 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one7.17.1

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)
14Bruno Pereira 3J. Julio 43Bruno Wilson 13K. Hovhannisyan
2Hugo Oliveira 19K. Muradyan 20A. Tera
7Z. Shaghoyan 91Sandro Lima 77A. Serobyan
Shamrock Rovers Confirmed XI
3-5-2
1E. McGinty(G)
27C. O'Sullivan 4R. Lopes 5L. Grace
19A. Brennan 29J. Byrne 8M. Healy 7D. Watts 22T. Sobowale
10G. Burke 9A. Greene

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
Shamrock Rovers Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Ararat-Armenia · Home 3.00points per game · 1 home games
W-D-L
1-0-0
Scored
2.00
Conceded
0.00
Shamrock Rovers · 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 · David Dickinson 61 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards4.43league 4.39
Red cards0.13league 0.32
Cards 5+46%league 36%
Fouls21.5league 18.0
Penalties0.26league 0.46
Home wins48%league 46%
Ararat-Armenia

No previous matches with this referee.

Shamrock Rovers

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-Armenia2 games · scored 4 · conceded 3
1 0-15
1 16-30
31-45
1 46-60
2 61-75
1 1 76-90
Shamrock Rovers2 games · scored 5 · conceded 3
1 1 0-15
1 16-30
1 31-45
1 46-60
2 61-75
1 76-90
Ararat-Armenia10 games · scored 17 · conceded 15
1 3 0-15
2 3 16-30
3 1 31-45
2 2 46-60
4 1 61-75
5 5 76-90
Shamrock Rovers10 games · scored 14 · conceded 17
2 1 0-15
2 3 16-30
3 6 31-45
1 1 46-60
3 1 61-75
3 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.