A total of eleven league matches are finished and Vorskla are 2 points in front of Metalist 1925 Kharkiv. What will the score be?
- Vorskla have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Premier League
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Premier League
The hosts Vorskla saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Dnipro-1, was also a home game here at Stadion Vorskla im. Oleksiya Butov'skogo. The away team is better rested.
Vorskla form and stats
Vorskla's results here at Stadion Vorskla im. Oleksiya Butov'skogo in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats. Game days at Stadion Vorskla im. Oleksiya Butov'skogo have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Vorskla as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
The Vorskla supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadion Vorskla im. Oleksiya Butov'skogo: A 2-3 defeat against Dnipro-1 (placed 4th).
Ahead of that match, Vorskla lost 0-3 at home to Polessya.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Vorskla have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 0 and lost 2.
There will be little rest for Vorskla after this match as they are travelling to Obolon'-Brovar for a Ukrainian Cup game in only four days.
The Vorskla fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Vorskla with 13 goals conceded in these matches.
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. It's a growing despair in Metalist as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
The manager Laserda was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist. Metalist 1925 Kharkiv suffered a 1-3 loss to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (placed 1st). Midfielder Vachiberadze was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.61. Vachiberadze scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Obolon'-Brovar wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Metalist 1925 Kharkiv are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 4 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Metalist 1925 Kharkiv's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 5 matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Vorskla victories, one draw and two Metalist 1925 Kharkiv wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Sklyar 3 goals | R. Stepanyuk 3 goals |  V. Yurchenko 2 goals |
Vorskla missing players
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv missing players
| Vorskla | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 21 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 82% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 73% | 83% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 64% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 18% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.8 | 2.7 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.4 | 6.5 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 7.7 | 8.3 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7 | 7.1 |
| 2.6 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 41% | 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 12.2 | 10.8 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.6 | 13.9 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Premier League
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Vorskla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vorskla have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have scored away.
- Vorskla have the most conceded goals (13) at home in Premier League
- Vorskla have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Premier League
- Vorskla haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 2 | Polessya | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Dnipro-1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 5 | Rukh Vynnyky | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | Chornomorets | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| 7 | Dynamo Kyiv | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 15 |
| 8 | Kolos Kovalivka | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Vorskla | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -9 | 13 |
| 10 | Obolon'-Brovar | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 12 |
| 11 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Zorya | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | LNZ Cherkasy | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 9 |
| 14 | Oleksandria | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 9 |
| 15 | Veres | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
| 16 | Minai | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -15 | 4 |
