Alashkert secured a comfortable 4-0 win over Van in the Armenian Premier League's sixth regular season round on Wednesday. The result at home extends the hosts' winning momentum while Van remain rooted near the bottom of the table. And here's the thing — the scoreline tells only part of the story, as Alashkert controlled much of the contest from the opening exchanges.
D. J. Massoumou opened the scoring in the eighth minute and doubled his tally before the break in the thirty-ninth. He completed his hat-trick in the sixty-second minute, putting the visitors beyond reach. A fourth goal arrived in stoppage time at ninety-plus-four, though the scorer was not recorded in the match data.
Discipline became an issue in the final quarter of the match. Alashkert collected two yellow cards in quick succession at sixty-nine and seventy-nine minutes, while Van picked up a booking at eighty minutes. The visitors had already been on the back foot, and the cards added to their frustration as the game slipped further away.
The statistics reflect Alashkert's dominance. They registered ninety-one attacks compared to Van's eighty, and nine shots on target against just one for the visitors. Possession sat at fifty-four percent for the hosts, and they managed six corners to Van's two. To be fair, having nearly ten shots on target and scoring four goals suggests efficiency rather than wastefulness.
The result keeps Alashkert in second place with ten points from five games, while Van remain twelfth on a single point. The hosts have won three of their five matches this season, with only one defeat to show for their efforts. Van, meanwhile, have yet to taste victory and sit four games behind safety with nothing to play for in the standings.
