KSK Nika: Oleksandria vs Mariupol Premier League preview

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Oleksandria form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Oleksandria have managed 7 wins, 0 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games. Oleksandria have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Oleksandria drew their last game, also a home match. Shakhtar Donetsk was the opponent, 2-2 the score. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Desna.

Late drama in the game against Shakhtar Donetsk as Oleksandria were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Evgen Banada popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. Evgen Banada was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Shakhtar Donetsk after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Oleksandria's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won zero matches, drawn one and lost one.

The Oleksandria fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

Mariupol form and stats

There's been little loot from Mariupol's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 11 away games in the Premier League. Mariupol only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Mariupol are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Mariupol play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Lviv. Preceding that game was the away victory against Vorskla with the score of 2-1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Mariupol playing away, we found three games. Results were zero away wins, three draws and zero home wins.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Mariupol manager O. Babych has some worries about the defense as 23 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Oleksandria - Mariupol 3-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Oleksandria won three, Mariupol won four and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Tretyakov 10 goals

K. Kovalets 7 goals

R. Fomin 6 goals

Oleksandria missing players

Mariupol missing players

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Shakhtar Donetsk	22	19	2	1	59	14	11	10	1	0	35	6	11	9	1	1	24	8	45	59
2	Dynamo Kyiv	22	14	3	5	44	17	11	6	2	3	19	9	11	8	1	2	25	8	27	45
3	Zorya	22	13	4	5	39	18	11	6	3	2	18	8	11	7	1	3	21	10	21	43
4	Desna	22	13	3	6	36	15	11	5	3	3	12	5	11	8	0	3	24	10	21	42
5	Oleksandria	22	11	4	7	30	23	11	7	0	4	18	14	11	4	4	3	12	9	7	37
6	Kolos Kovalivka	22	8	2	12	25	39	11	5	1	5	17	19	11	3	1	7	8	20	-14	26
7	Dnipro-1	22	7	4	11	26	34	11	6	0	5	17	14	11	1	4	6	9	20	-8	25
8	Mariupol	22	6	7	9	21	35	11	4	4	3	13	12	11	2	3	6	8	23	-14	25
9	Lviv	22	5	5	12	16	35	11	2	3	6	7	16	11	3	2	6	9	19	-19	20
10	Vorskla	22	6	2	14	15	38	11	5	2	4	10	13	11	1	0	10	5	25	-23	20
11	Olimpik Donetsk	22	5	3	14	17	37	11	2	1	8	9	23	11	3	2	6	8	14	-20	18
12	Karpaty	22	2	7	13	17	40	11	1	3	7	8	23	11	1	4	6	9	17	-23	13