This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Zorya at Slavutych-Arena when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and AEK Athens with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
It's no vacation for neither Zorya nor AEK Athens 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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for AEK Athens, who are travelling more than 2200 kilometers to play this game.
Zorya form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the play-offs.Zorya have played 4 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
An away draw last time out for Zorya, facing Inhulets in a game that ended 1-1. Preceding that match was a Europa League defeat to Sporting Braga (1-2).
Vladlen Yurchenko felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Inhulets as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 73rd minute.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Vorskla in only three days. This game is also played here at Slavutych-Arena.
A decent goal production from Zorya in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. Zorya have conceded 4 in these home matches.
AEK Athens form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the play-offs.It's gone fairly well in the Super League away games so far for AEK Athens with six points collected from three matches. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 2W-0D-2L. This is both home and away.
Athens are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Super League against OFI. A 1-2 loss hosting Leicester City before that.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Athens manager M. Carrera as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Aris.
Athens have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 3 goals have been scored. Athens's manager M. Carrera has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Kochergin 4 goals |  V. Yurchenko 3 goals |  O. Gladkiy 3 goals |
Zorya missing players
AEK Athens missing players
| Zorya | AEK Athens | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 38 | 25 | Scored | S | 18 | 36 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 300 | 154 | Total Shots | T S | 148 | 300 | ||
| 100 | 54 | Shots on Target | S O | 70 | 136 | ||
| 27% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leicester City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 4 | Zorya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 20 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 |
| 3 | Vorskla | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | Desna | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Kolos Kovalivka | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Olimpik Donetsk | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Mariupol | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 11 |
| 8 | Zorya | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | Oleksandria | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Dnipro-1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Inhulets | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 12 | Minai | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 6 |
| 13 | Lviv | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -16 | 4 |
| 14 | Rukh Vynnyky | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aris | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | PAOK | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Volos NFC | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | PAS Giannina | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Atromitos | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 9 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | OFI | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 11 | Apollon Smirnis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Panaitolikos | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 3 |
| 13 | Larissa | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| 14 | Lamia | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 1 |