Premier League match preview and statistics: Vorskla fight Olimpik Donetsk

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Vorskla im. Oleksiya Butov'skogo (24795 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Vorskla in 5th and Olimpik Donetsk in 9th place.

Insights:
  • Vorskla have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Premier League
  • Olimpik Donetsk have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Vorskla form and stats

14 points is a decent return from 7 Premier League games here at Stadion Vorskla im. Oleksiya Butov'skogo for Vorskla. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

The Vorskla fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Stadion Vorskla im. Oleksiya Butov'skogo: A 0-1 defeat against Dnipro-1 (placed 8th). Before that match, a win away at Mariupol.

The Vorskla manager Y. Maksymov has got the team scoring with 14 from 7 home games in the league. Vorskla have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Olimpik Donetsk form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Olimpik Donetsk, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League, so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-5 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Olimpik, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team. It's looking increasingly bleak for Olimpik Donetsk who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Lviv was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Olimpik aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 249 league minutes without a goal. T. Fomakwang was the last player to find the net.

Olimpik lost away at Oleksandria (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A loss against Shakhtar Donetsk was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Olimpik Donetsk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Olimpik have conceded 13 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Olimpik Donetsk - Vorskla 0-1, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Vorskla won four, Olimpik Donetsk won two and four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VorsklaV. Kulach
V. Kulach
8 goals
VorsklaR. Stepanyuk
R. Stepanyuk
4 goals

Vorskla missing players

Olimpik Donetsk missing players

Vorskla Olimpik Donetsk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 7 3 Played P 3 7 17
7 4 2 Won W 2 2 5
7 2 0 Drew D 0 0 2
4 1 1 Lost L 1 5 10
24 14 6 Scored S 5 8 22
15 5 2 Conceded C 4 13 30
89% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
61% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
28% 43% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 71% 59%
22% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 35%
6% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
39% 43% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 71% 59%
39% 43% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
33% 29% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.6 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.1 2.5
7 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
8.6 9.7 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 8.3 9.9
3.4 4.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.4 4.2
39% 47% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 33% 31%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Olimpik Donetsk's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Olimpik Donetsk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Olimpik Donetsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Olimpik Donetsk have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
  • Olimpik Donetsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vorskla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vorskla have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Vorskla have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Premier League
  • Vorskla have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Premier League
  • Vorskla have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dynamo Kyiv 18 13 4 1 38 13 9 5 3 1 15 8 9 8 1 0 23 5 25 43
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 18 11 6 1 40 12 10 7 2 1 27 7 8 4 4 0 13 5 28 39
3 Zorya 17 9 5 3 31 13 9 4 3 2 16 8 8 5 2 1 15 5 18 32
4 Desna 18 8 6 4 27 18 9 6 2 1 16 6 9 2 4 3 11 12 9 30
5 Vorskla 18 7 7 4 24 15 7 4 2 1 14 5 11 3 5 3 10 10 9 28
6 Kolos Kovalivka 18 6 8 4 25 19 9 2 5 2 11 8 9 4 3 2 14 11 6 26
7 Oleksandria 18 7 5 6 26 21 10 6 2 2 20 11 8 1 3 4 6 10 5 26
8 Dnipro-1 18 5 4 9 23 30 9 2 2 5 9 12 9 3 2 4 14 18 -7 19
9 Olimpik Donetsk 17 5 2 10 22 30 10 3 2 5 14 17 7 2 0 5 8 13 -8 17
10 Mariupol 18 4 5 9 17 28 6 0 1 5 4 11 12 4 4 4 13 17 -11 17
11 Inhulets 18 2 10 6 16 27 10 1 7 2 9 13 8 1 3 4 7 14 -11 16
12 Rukh Vynnyky 17 2 7 8 15 31 9 1 5 3 9 13 8 1 2 5 6 18 -16 13
13 Minai 17 3 4 10 12 33 9 3 1 5 7 14 8 0 3 5 5 19 -21 13
14 Lviv 16 3 3 10 11 37 7 1 1 5 5 18 9 2 2 5 6 19 -26 12

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The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of football in Ukraine. It was created in 1991 as Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union. Twelve teams play each other twice in a 22 match regular season to create a league table. The table then splits in half resulting in a Championship round and a Relegation round, each playing ten more fixtures.