The league table in Persha Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Metalist 1925 Kharkiv leading VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka by 22 points. Match preview to follow:
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Persha Liga
- VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv can neither be promoted or relegated from Persha Liga. For Shevchenkivka most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv form and stats
When playing at home in the Persha Liga, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have managed 8 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games.
Happy days for Metalist in their previous game, a Persha Liga match away at Kremin' (placed 15th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv played a great game against Kremin' and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Preceding that match was the home game against Chornomorets that was lost 0-1.Metalist has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka form and stats
6 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses. That’s the product of VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka playing as the away team in the Persha Liga this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Persha Liga home defeat versus Krystal with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Prior to that result Shevchenkivka won their away game at Ahrobiznes Volochysk. The scoreline was 2-1.Shevchenkivka are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 14 games (in the league). As for defending, Shevchenkivka rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 22 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka - Metalist 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  V. Ponomar 6 goals |  D. Freitas Ribeiro 5 goals | Y. Batyushin 5 goals |
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv missing players
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka missing players
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 35 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 28 |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 47 |
| 83% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 52% | 43% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 72% |
| 38% | 29% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 57% | 55% |
| 10% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 28% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 10% |
| 38% | 43% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 45% |
| 45% | 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 34% | 29% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 43% | 41% |
| 5.3 | 6.8 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.5 | 5.9 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5.5 | 6.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 2.8 | 3.6 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 37% | 30% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 75% | 67% |
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Persha Liga
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Veres | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 34 | 65 |
| 2 | Chornomorets | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 21 | 58 |
| 3 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 56 |
| 4 | Mykolaiv | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 48 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 26 | 52 |
| 5 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 51 |
| 6 | Alians Lypova Dolyna | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 50 |
| 7 | Volyn | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 46 |
| 8 | Obolon'-Brovar | 29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 42 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 40 |
| 9 | Hirnyk-Sport | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 42 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 22 | -1 | 38 |
| 10 | Polessya | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | -4 | 35 |
| 11 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -19 | 34 |
| 12 | Prykarpattia | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 26 | -18 | 30 |
| 13 | Nyva Ternopil' | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -20 | 30 |
| 14 | Avanhard | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -21 | 29 |
| 15 | Kremin' | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 29 | -27 | 23 |
| 16 | Krystal | 29 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 60 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 31 | -40 | 12 |