Persha Liga match prediction and preview for Polessya vs Krystal clash

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Ukraine Persha Liga
Competition: Fri 26.March
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Polessya are in the 10th position while the guesting Krystal worry at 16th.

Insights:
  • Polessya have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Persha Liga
  • Krystal have the most conceded goals (39) in Persha Liga

Polessya and Krystal should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

L L L L W

Polessya form and stats

2-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Persha Liga numbers at home for Polessya so far this season. It's trouble wherever Polessya are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Game days have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Polessya as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Ahrobiznes Volochysk (1-3).

Polessya are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. Polessya's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

L L L L L

Krystal form and stats

There's been little loot from Krystal's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 8 away games in the Persha Liga. Krystal, who have the most conceded goals (39) in Persha Liga, only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. Krystal are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost seven in a row. It's been 20 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Prykarpattia game.) Bitter travels for Krystal as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Prykarpattia match.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Krystal, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Krystal - Polessya 0-1 earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

PolessyaY. Galenko
Y. Galenko
6 goals
KrystalI. Glyviy
I. Glyviy
5 goals
KrystalI. Semenyna
I. Semenyna
3 goals

Polessya missing players

Krystal missing players

Polessya Krystal
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 4 Played P 3 8 17
5 2 2 Won W 1 1 1
4 3 1 Drew D 0 1 1
6 3 1 Lost L 2 6 15
15 9 6 Scored S 1 5 12
16 10 3 Conceded C 7 17 39
87% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 62% 71%
33% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 59%
20% 38% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 35%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 24%
33% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 53%
40% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 12% 6%
40% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 41%
 
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 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 1.8
2 2 2 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
2.7 2.2 1.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 3.1 3.9
1.1 0.9 0.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 1.6 1.5
94% 129% 200% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 45% 50%
Key stats in Persha Liga this season:
  • Krystal have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Krystal have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Persha Liga
  • Krystal have the fewest points (4) away in Persha Liga
  • Krystal have the most conceded goals (39) in Persha Liga
  • Krystal have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Persha Liga
  • Krystal have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Persha Liga
  • Krystal have the the worst goal difference (-27) in Persha Liga
  • Krystal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Krystal is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Polessya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Polessya have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Persha Liga
  • Polessya have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) 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 Chornomorets 17 11 4 2 27 11 9 6 1 2 13 6 8 5 3 0 14 5 16 37
2 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 16 11 1 4 33 14 6 6 0 0 19 4 10 5 1 4 14 10 19 34
3 Veres 15 10 3 2 24 8 9 8 1 0 18 2 6 2 2 2 6 6 16 33
4 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 17 9 4 4 15 13 9 5 2 2 8 5 8 4 2 2 7 8 2 31
5 Volyn 15 8 3 4 22 13 8 4 2 2 13 8 7 4 1 2 9 5 9 27
6 Hirnyk-Sport 17 8 3 6 26 23 9 3 2 4 12 11 8 5 1 2 14 12 3 27
7 Obolon'-Brovar 16 8 2 6 26 15 9 5 2 2 18 6 7 3 0 4 8 9 11 26
8 Alians Lypova Dolyna 16 8 2 6 22 15 8 5 1 2 11 6 8 3 1 4 11 9 7 26
9 Mykolaiv 16 7 4 5 26 13 5 2 1 2 13 5 11 5 3 3 13 8 13 25
10 Polessya 15 5 4 6 15 16 8 2 3 3 9 10 7 3 1 3 6 6 -1 19
11 Kremin' 16 5 3 8 15 23 8 3 2 3 6 6 8 2 1 5 9 17 -8 18
12 Nyva Ternopil' 17 4 6 7 18 29 7 2 4 1 9 7 10 2 2 6 9 22 -11 18
13 VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka 16 4 2 10 14 32 8 1 1 6 5 17 8 3 1 4 9 15 -18 14
14 Prykarpattia 15 3 4 8 11 22 8 2 2 4 7 9 7 1 2 4 4 13 -11 13
15 Avanhard 15 2 2 11 10 30 8 1 0 7 6 18 7 1 2 4 4 12 -20 8
16 Krystal 17 1 1 15 12 39 9 0 0 9 7 22 8 1 1 6 5 17 -27 4

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.