Harambee Stars midfielder in action as Armenian club closes in on league title

Harambee Stars midfielder Alwyn Tera was in action as Ararat Armenia closed in on the Armenian Premier League title, thanks to a 1-0 win over Pyunik Yerevan at the Football Academy Stadium on Wednesday, 6 May.

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Tera, 29, was for the third straight game named in the starting eleven, playing 69 minutes in the win, which took Ararat eight points clear of the standings.

Ararat’s only goal of the game came in the ninth minute, via Guinea Bissau midfielder Zidane Banjaqui.

Tera, who was deployed in the number 10 role, was replaced with little over 20 minutes remaining, with Armenian midfielder Karen Muradyan coming in his place.

The win for Ararat extended its league unbeaten run to eight games, putting them in position to claim a first league championship since 2020.

Ararat, who last suffered a league defeat on 7 March - a 1-0 loss to Alashkert - were also on course for a cup double, only to be bundled out of the Armenian Cup semifinals last week by Noah FC.

As it stands, only two teams namely; Noah and Pyunik Yerevan, have the mathematical chance of catching Ararat, going into the last three games of the season.

Ararat, on 54 points, only have two games left to the end of the season, and could wrap things up should Pyunik, on 45 points, drop points to BKMA on Saturday, 9 May, coupled up with a win for Ararat against Noah 24 hours later.

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Should there be a tie on points at the end of the season, then head-to-head results will be used to determine positions.

Ararat, founded in 2017, have only two league titles to their name, having emerged winners during the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons.

For Tera, a Premier League title would be his first, since joining the club in July 2021.

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