This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Zorya at Slavutych-Arena when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and Sporting Braga with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Zorya and Sporting Braga.
Sporting Braga have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Zorya form and stats
Last season, Zorya's Europa League journey ended in the play-offs.When playing at home in the Premier League, Zorya have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
The Zorya supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Rukh Vynnyky in Premier League and win 4-0. A Europa League defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Leicester City.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Zorya played a great game against Rukh Vynnyky and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
There will be little rest for Zorya after this match as they are travelling to Inhulets for a Premier League game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Zorya in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. 4 goals have been conceded.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 16th finals.It's gone fairly well in the Primeira Liga away games so far for Sporting Braga with six points collected from three matches. Braga love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Braga play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Vitoria Guimaraes. Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against AEK Athens in the Europa League.
After this away game Braga return home for a Primeira Liga game against Famalicao. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Braga have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 6 goals from 3 away matches. As opposed to that, Braga have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Zorya won zero, Sporting Braga won zero and two draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Kochergin 4 goals |  O. Gladkiy 3 goals | A. Gromov 2 goals |
Zorya missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Zorya | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 39 | 27 | Scored | S | 22 | 47 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Conceded | C | 18 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 3.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 7 | ||
| 301 | 166 | Total Shots | T S | 158 | 373 | ||
| 106 | 61 | Shots on Target | S O | 57 | 128 | ||
| 26% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 4 | Zorya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 17 |
| 2 | Vorskla | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 |
| 4 | Desna | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Kolos Kovalivka | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Mariupol | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 7 | Zorya | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | Oleksandria | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Olimpik Donetsk | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 9 |
| 10 | Dnipro-1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 11 | Inhulets | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 12 | Minai | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 13 | Rukh Vynnyky | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 2 |
| 14 | Lviv | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -17 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Porto | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Moreirense | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Santa Clara | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Nacional | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Famalicao | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 12 | Belenenses | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Pacos de Ferreira | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Tondela | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Boavista | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -6 | 3 |
| 18 | Farense | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 1 |