It's the premier fixture of the new season for Veres and Metalurh Zaporizhya. The sheet is blank, the potential unlimited.
It's no vacation for neither Veres nor Metalurh Zaporizhya 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.
Veres form and stats
Disaster struck Veres last season as they could not defend their status as a Premier League team. With 15 defeats from 30 games, and only 8 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Veres are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W3 D4 L8.
Veres have prepared for this season with five friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these five matches are 2 victories, 2 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Veres have scored {9 goals} and conceded 7 times.
Metalurh Zaporizhya form and stats
A job perfectly done for Zaporizhya last season as they secured promotion from Persha Liga. With a grand total of 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 3 were in away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last head to head game ended Metalurh Zaporizhya - Veres 1-0, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Veres wins - draws - Metalurh Zaporizhya wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
![]() O. Sydorov 10 goals | ![]() D. Klots 5 goals | ![]() A. Bliznichenko 5 goals |
Veres missing players
Metalurh Zaporizhya missing players
| Veres | Metalurh Zaporizhya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Veres | Last season | Metalurh Zaporizhya | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 22 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Scored | S | 15 | 25 | ||
| 45 | 22 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 95% | ||
| 63% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 47% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 9% | ||
| 13% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 50% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | ||
| 37% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 27% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 2.9 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.1 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 32% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 85% | 60% | ||
| 7.3 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 7.1 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 69 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 48 | 72 |
| 2 | Dnipro-1 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 61 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 34 | 67 |
| 3 | Zorya | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 64 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 33 | 67 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 51 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 26 | 60 |
| 5 | Vorskla | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 45 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 42 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 44 |
| 7 | Hirnyk | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 41 |
| 8 | Kolos Kovalivka | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -13 | 36 |
| 9 | Chornomorets | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 18 | -5 | 35 |
| 10 | Minai | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -11 | 33 |
| 11 | Rukh Vynnyky | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 31 | 37 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -6 | 32 |
| 12 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -19 | 32 |
| 13 | Veres | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | -10 | 31 |
| 14 | Inhulets | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -12 | 31 |
| 15 | Metal Kharkiv | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 58 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 27 | -31 | 22 |
| 16 | Lviv | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 26 | -34 | 13 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Polessya | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 32 |
| 2 | Obolon'-Brovar | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 29 |
| 3 | LNZ Cherkasy | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | Karpaty | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 18 |
| 6 | Epitsentr Dunayivtsi | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 15 |
| 7 | Nyva Ternopil' | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -7 | 8 |
| 8 | Kremin' | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -20 | 7 |