Persha Liga match preview and statistics: Polessya fight Avanhard

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Competition: Ukraine Persha Liga
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tsentralnyi Stadion (20000 seats)

Get ready for Polessya - Avanhard! Despite the season performances so far this game should be cracking!

Insights:
  • Polessya have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Persha Liga
  • Avanhard have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Persha Liga

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Persha Liga match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Alians Lypova Dolyna, so at least Polessya are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Avanhard, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

Relegation threatens Polessya who should definitely be looking for some points here.

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Polessya form and stats

Polessya have played 12 Persha Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-5-4 (wins-draws-losses).

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

The manager S. Shishchenko will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Nyva Ternopil' in only four days.

Polessya are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 12 games. On the other hand, Polessya have conceded 13 goals.

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Avanhard form and stats

Avanhard have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Persha Liga, after 2-4-5 (11 played).

Goalkeeper A. Pospelov got the top player rating of the team with 0.0/10. Pospelov . Late drama in the previous game, when R. Tolochko scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Volyn.

Avanhard has another fixture away, a Persha Liga game, against Hirnyk-Sport in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

The attacking power of Avanhard when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, Avanhard have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Avanhard - Polessya 0-3 earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

PolessyaY. Galenko
Y. Galenko
6 goals
AvanhardY. Senytskyy
Y. Senytskyy
4 goals
AvanhardM. Ermolenko
M. Ermolenko
3 goals

Polessya missing players

Avanhard missing players

Polessya Avanhard
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 5 Played P 3 11 24
7 3 2 Won W 1 2 6
8 5 2 Drew D 1 4 5
10 4 1 Lost L 1 5 13
26 12 7 Scored S 2 8 22
29 13 4 Conceded C 6 16 39
84% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 92%
68% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 75%
36% 33% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 62%
20% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 17%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 9% 8%
44% 58% 60% BTTS BTTS 33% 55% 58%
40% 33% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 12%
32% 25% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.5 2.2
3 2 2 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
2.5 2.1 1.8 Shots (avg) S ( 2 3.5 2.9
1.1 0.8 0.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 1.5 1.6
95% 125% 175% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 47% 54%
Key stats in Persha Liga this season:
  • Avanhard have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Persha Liga
  • Polessya have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Persha Liga

  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 24 18 4 2 42 10 13 12 1 0 28 3 11 6 3 2 14 7 32 58
2 Chornomorets 25 15 7 3 38 19 13 9 2 2 21 8 12 6 5 1 17 11 19 52
3 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 25 13 8 4 24 18 12 7 3 2 13 8 13 6 5 2 11 10 6 47
4 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 25 13 6 6 42 23 12 8 3 1 25 9 13 5 3 5 17 14 19 45
5 Mykolaiv 24 11 7 6 39 20 10 5 3 2 22 9 14 6 4 4 17 11 19 40
6 Volyn 24 11 7 6 32 19 12 6 4 2 19 10 12 5 3 4 13 9 13 40
7 Alians Lypova Dolyna 25 11 7 7 35 26 12 6 4 2 17 10 13 5 3 5 18 16 9 40
8 Obolon'-Brovar 24 10 4 10 38 28 12 7 3 2 24 8 12 3 1 8 14 20 10 34
9 Hirnyk-Sport 24 9 5 10 36 36 13 4 2 7 18 19 11 5 3 3 18 17 0 32
10 Polessya 25 7 8 10 26 29 12 3 5 4 12 13 13 4 3 6 14 16 -3 29
11 VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka 25 8 4 13 23 42 14 4 3 7 12 23 11 4 1 6 11 19 -19 28
12 Nyva Ternopil' 24 6 6 12 25 40 11 3 4 4 11 12 13 3 2 8 14 28 -15 24
13 Avanhard 24 6 5 13 22 39 13 4 1 8 14 23 11 2 4 5 8 16 -17 23
14 Prykarpattia 24 5 6 13 17 34 12 4 3 5 11 12 12 1 3 8 6 22 -17 21
15 Kremin' 25 5 5 15 20 41 13 3 4 6 10 15 12 2 1 9 10 26 -21 20
16 Krystal 25 2 3 20 17 52 12 1 1 10 11 26 13 1 2 10 6 26 -35 9

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.