Pyunik Yerevan secured a comfortable 4-2 victory over Sardarapat in the Premier League's Regular Season round 3, played on 9 September 2026. The away side took control early and never looked back against hosts who struggled to find rhythm. It was a result that reflected the quality gap between two teams sitting close in the table.
Sardarapat struck first through D. Kulikov in the twenty-first minute, a moment that briefly shifted the momentum. Pyunik responded with composure, H. Minasyan levelled the score by the thirty-fourth minute. And here's the thing — the hosts paid for a sloppy opening when they failed to settle after their early breakthrough.
The second half belonged to Pyunik. I. Pikis netted in the fifty-fifth minute and added his second in the sixty-fourth, putting the visitors firmly in control. Sardarapat's attempts to reorganise came too late, with Kulikov himself substituted in the seventy-first minute. By then the result was already slipping away from the home side.
Five substitutions were made across the match, with Sardarapat bringing on Witi, Petrosyan, and Kulikov, while Pyunik introduced Harutyunyan, Konate, and Kochkanyan. The changes reflected a game that had opened up, with the visitors managing their lead while the hosts searched for answers. The crowd roared them on but Sardarapat could not muster the response they needed.
The standings tell the story of two teams on similar trajectories. Sardarapat sit sixth with ten points from five games — three wins, one draw, one defeat. Pyunik occupy fourth place with eleven points, unbeaten in five, though their draw against Syunik in their last outing suggests they are not entirely in control of their position yet.
Sardarapat's recent form has been mixed, with defeats to Shirak and wins over Syunik and Ararat. Pyunik have been more consistent, picking up results against Ararat and Ararat-Armenia, though their stalemate with Syunik on 4 September hints at growing competition in the league. The table goes out of the window in these games — what matters is who shows up on the day.