Persha Liga match preview: Mykolaiv versus Inhulets

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Competition: Ukraine Persha Liga
Competition: Sun 19.July
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tsentralnyi miskyi Stadion (25175 seats)

Struggling Mykolaiv will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Inhulets in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It's no vacation for neither Mykolaiv nor Inhulets as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Mykolaiv form and stats

Mykolaiv have collected 15 points from their Persha Liga home games so far after 4-3-5.

There will be little rest for Mykolaiv after this match as they are travelling to Balkany Zorya for a Persha Liga game in only four days.

The Mykolaiv fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 12 league matches. 17 goals have been conceded.

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Inhulets form and stats

6-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Inhulets, who have the the best goal difference (+21) in Persha Liga, in their Persha Liga matches away.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Inhulets goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Impressive finishing from I. Zagalskyi secured the home win 1-0 against Prykarpattia in their previous game.

Late drama in the previous game, when I. Zagalskyi scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Prykarpattia.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Chornomorets in just three days.

Inhulets are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Inhulets are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Inhulets - Mykolaiv 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Mykolaiv one win, one draw and Inhulets six victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

InhuletsN. Sitchinava
N. Sitchinava
17 goals
InhuletsO. Mishurenko
O. Mishurenko
8 goals
MykolaivS. Kravchenko
S. Kravchenko
5 goals

Mykolaiv missing players

Inhulets missing players

Mykolaiv Inhulets
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 4 12 24
5 4 1 Won W 4 6 15
8 3 1 Drew D 0 2 5
11 5 2 Lost L 0 4 4
31 20 4 Scored S 8 16 39
37 17 7 Conceded C 1 9 18
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
83% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 71%
46% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 42%
29% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
21% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
58% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 42% 46%
17% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 42% 46%
38% 42% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 12%
 
4.9 6 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.4 6
5.2 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.3 3.4
2.9 3.2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.4 2.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
183 111 31 Total Shots T S 34 98 252
72 42 6 Shots on Target S O 19 46 109
32% 33% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 28% 28%
Key stats in Persha Liga this season:
  • Inhulets has the fewest conceded goals (18)
  • Inhulets has the fewest conceded goals (9) away
  • Inhulets has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7)
  • Inhulets has the the best goal difference (+21)
  • Inhulets has the the best goal difference (+7) away
  • Inhulets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Inhulets haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Inhulets is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Mykolaiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mykolaiv have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inhulets 24 15 5 4 39 18 12 9 3 0 23 9 12 6 2 4 16 9 21 50
2 Minai 24 14 5 5 39 23 12 9 2 1 22 10 12 5 3 4 17 13 16 47
3 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 24 15 1 8 42 27 12 9 1 2 25 8 12 6 0 6 17 19 15 46
4 Volyn 24 13 6 5 45 32 12 9 2 1 24 12 12 4 4 4 21 20 13 45
5 Obolon'-Brovar 24 13 6 5 35 26 12 6 5 1 22 15 12 7 1 4 13 11 9 45
6 Rukh Vynnyky 23 13 5 5 39 19 11 8 1 2 21 7 12 5 4 3 18 12 20 44
7 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 24 13 5 6 35 23 12 7 2 3 16 8 12 6 3 3 19 15 12 44
8 Avanhard 24 12 5 7 33 27 12 7 3 2 20 12 12 5 2 5 13 15 6 41
9 Hirnyk-Sport 23 10 3 10 33 34 12 6 1 5 19 16 11 4 2 5 14 18 -1 33
10 Chornomorets 24 8 6 10 29 33 12 5 4 3 17 14 12 3 2 7 12 19 -4 30
11 Prykarpattia 24 7 3 14 34 41 12 4 1 7 16 16 12 3 2 7 18 25 -7 24
12 Mykolaiv 24 5 8 11 31 37 12 4 3 5 20 17 12 1 5 6 11 20 -6 23
13 Kremin' 24 6 5 13 32 44 12 5 2 5 20 20 12 1 3 8 12 24 -12 23
14 Balkany Zorya 24 4 6 14 19 43 12 3 4 5 10 12 12 1 2 9 9 31 -24 18
15 Metalurh Zaporizhya 21 3 2 16 17 39 10 2 1 7 8 19 11 1 1 9 9 20 -22 11
16 Cherkashchyna-Akademiya 23 1 3 19 17 53 12 1 2 9 13 28 11 0 1 10 4 25 -36 6

Read more about Persha Liga

The Persha Liga, also called the Ukrainian First League, is the second highest level of football in Ukraine. It currently has 16 teams playing each other home and away for a final league table after 30 fixtures. The winner promotes to the Ukraine Premier League, another possibly following through a playoff.