Stadion im. Boris Tropanets: Balkany Zorya vs Trostianets Second League: Group B full preview

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Competition: Ukraine Second League: Group B
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion im. Boris Tropanets (1600 seats)

A total of 18 rounds of games are played and both Balkany Zorya and Trostianets are flying high in the table. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Balkany Zorya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Trostianets have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Balkany Zorya form and stats

Overall Second League: Group B stats at home this season for Balkany Zorya are 4-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Balkany Zorya are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 201 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by M. Vdovychenko). Balkany Zorya are confident in defense, having played 358 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Balkany shared the glory with Metalurh Zaporizhya in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Skoruk Tomakivka.

A decent goal production from Balkany in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. Defensively Balkany have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Trostianets form and stats

2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Trostianets playing as the away team in the Second League: Group B this season. The fact that Trostianets have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Trostianets had fun at their own home (Stadion im. Boris Tropanets) last time out, beating Nikopol 2-1. M. Ganzha and Y. Prodanov scored. Y. Prodanov came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Nikopol last time out, making the manager S. Korytnyk feel like a tactical genius.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Vovchansk at their stadium, the result 5-3.

Trostianets has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Trostianets have conceded 14 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the result when the sides faced each other earlier this season; Trostianets - Balkany 1-2.

Top Goalscorers

Balkany ZoryaV. Priyomov
V. Priyomov
10 goals
TrostianetsV. Polyanskiy
V. Polyanskiy
8 goals
Balkany ZoryaB. Prybluda
B. Prybluda
6 goals

Balkany Zorya missing players

Trostianets missing players

Balkany Zorya Trostianets
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 2 8 18
9 4 0 Won W 0 2 9
8 4 2 Drew D 0 3 4
1 1 1 Lost L 2 3 5
29 15 0 Scored S 2 14 33
12 4 1 Conceded C 4 14 25
83% 78% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 56% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 88% 78%
44% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 61%
17% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 39%
11% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 22%
56% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 67%
39% 56% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 17%
22% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 17%
 
5.6 2 2 Corners for (avg) C F 1 4.5 5.5
4.9 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 9 7.2 5.5
2.2 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.8 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
6.8 1 1 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8 9.8
3.7 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4.8
36% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 56% 42%
 
8.3 2 2 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.2 6.7
3.6 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5 3.7
Key stats in Second League: Group B this season:
  • Balkany Zorya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Balkany Zorya have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Trostianets have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Trostianets haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Metalurh Zaporizhya 18 12 6 0 33 7 9 6 3 0 16 4 9 6 3 0 17 3 26 42
2 Skoruk Tomakivka 18 11 5 2 31 12 9 6 2 1 22 8 9 5 3 1 9 4 19 38
3 Balkany Zorya 18 9 8 1 29 12 9 4 4 1 15 4 9 5 4 0 14 8 17 35
4 Peremoga 18 10 3 5 29 13 9 5 1 3 16 5 9 5 2 2 13 8 16 33
5 Trostianets 18 9 4 5 33 25 10 7 1 2 19 11 8 2 3 3 14 14 8 31
6 Mykolaiv 17 8 6 3 35 24 9 4 3 2 16 9 8 4 3 1 19 15 11 30
7 Viktoriya Mykolaivka 18 8 3 7 22 22 9 5 0 4 12 12 9 3 3 3 10 10 0 27
8 Tavriya 16 7 5 4 26 18 8 4 3 1 13 8 8 3 2 3 13 10 8 26
9 SK Poltava 18 7 4 7 24 26 9 3 3 3 14 11 9 4 1 4 10 15 -2 25
10 Yarud Mariupol' 18 6 6 6 35 26 9 4 2 3 23 15 9 2 4 3 12 11 9 24
11 Vovchansk 18 6 5 7 26 25 9 4 2 3 18 13 9 2 3 4 8 12 1 23
12 Nikopol 18 5 5 8 21 39 9 2 5 2 11 16 9 3 0 6 10 23 -18 20
13 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 18 4 2 12 16 36 9 1 2 6 7 16 9 3 0 6 9 20 -20 14
14 Real Pharm 18 3 1 14 20 48 9 3 0 6 14 19 9 0 1 8 6 29 -28 10
15 Krystal 18 2 3 13 18 30 9 1 3 5 11 11 9 1 0 8 7 19 -12 9
16 Sumy 17 1 2 14 15 50 7 1 0 6 8 16 10 0 2 8 7 34 -35 5

Read more about Second League: Group B

The Ukrainian Second League (Druha Liha) is the third highest level in the Ukrainian football league pyramid. It is divided into two groups with ten teams each. Each team plays 27 fixtures to decide a final league table, with the winner of each group earning promotion. The final format of this league is yet to be decided.