This game features two teams dwelling in the lower section of the Second League: Group B, Nikopol holding 12th position and Real Pharm in 14th. A good opportunity for one of the contenders to upgrade their situation.
- Nikopol have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Second League: Group B
- Real Pharm have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Second League: Group B
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.
Nikopol form and stats
The story so far in the Second League: Group B for Nikopol at their home stadium (Stadion Elektrometalurh-NFZ) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. When Nikopol hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Krystal, Vovchansk, Nikopol, Sumy and Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Nikopol with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Mykolaiv game, 42 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
The fans are hoping that Nikopol will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Second League: Group B game against Trostianets (placed 5th).
Before that game, the home loss against Metalurh Zaporizhya with the scoreline 0-6.Nikopol has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nikopol defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Real Pharm form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Real Pharm so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-8 (win-draw-lose).
Pharm had fun at their own home (Stadion Elektrometalurh-NFZ) last time out, beating Vovchansk 2-0. M. Abuzraa and O. Faber scored.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Mykolaiv.The attacking power of Real Pharm when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. The Pharm defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 29 goals in their away games. When Real Pharm is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Krystal, Pharm, Vovchansk, Sumy and Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have met before this season: Real Pharm - Nikopol 2-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nikopol four wins, two draws and Real Pharm four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Gora 4 goals |  M. Abuzraa 4 goals | O. Faber 4 goals |
Nikopol missing players
Real Pharm missing players
| Nikopol | Real Pharm | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 39 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 29 | 48 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 67% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 72% |
| 44% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 56% | 44% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 44% | 39% |
| 50% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 50% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 39% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 56% | 44% |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3.2 |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 6.4 |
| 2.8 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.3 | 8.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3 | 4.6 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 70% |
| 10.2 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 18 | 11.8 |
| 5.9 | 6.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 6 |
- Nikopol have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Nikopol have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Second League: Group B
- Nikopol haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Real Pharm have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Real Pharm have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Real Pharm have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Real Pharm have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Second League: Group B
- Real Pharm have the fewest points (1) away in Second League: Group B
- Real Pharm have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Second League: Group B
- Real Pharm have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Second League: Group B
- Real Pharm have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in Second League: Group B
- Real Pharm have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Real Pharm have yet to win a game away.
- Real Pharm 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 | Tavriya | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 29 |
| 8 | Viktoriya Mykolaivka | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 27 |
| 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 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 34 | -38 | 5 |