Lernain Artsakh beat Ararat-Armenia II 1:0 in the first league regular season on Wednesday. The result came in round three of the campaign, with the home side taking all three points in Yerevan.
To be fair, the form going into this fixture did not suggest much. Lernain Artsakh sat seventh after five games with six points, while their visitors languished in thirteenth on a single point from four outings. Both sides had been finding results elusive lately.
The visitors had lost four of their previous five matches across all competitions, including defeats to BKMА II and Pyunik Yerevan II. The hosts were hardly shining either, having gone through a stretch without a win since May. And here's the thing — when two struggling sides meet, the margins get razor thin.
By then, the match had settled into that familiar pattern of cautious exchanges. Neither team created much, and the decisive moment came when it mattered most. Lernain Artsakh's clean sheet was their first in several attempts, and it proved enough to separate them from an opponent that simply could not afford another slip.
The result lifts the hosts to seven points from six games, while Ararat-Armenia II remain rooted at the foot of the table with one point from five matches. Cup football has its own rules, but in the league, consistency is what separates the contenders from the rest.