Persha Liga match preview: Avanhard versus Balkany Zorya

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Competition: Ukraine Persha Liga
Competition: Fri 10.July
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Avanhard (5000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Avanhard are in the 8th position while the guesting Balkany Zorya worry at 14th.

Avanhard and Balkany Zorya should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Avanhard form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Avanhard as Avanhard have scored 17 goals to get 23 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Persha Liga are 7-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Stadion Avanhard after three straight home wins.

Avanhard have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Avanhard with 17 goals in 11 league matches. Avanhard are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Avanhard in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.

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Balkany Zorya form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Balkany Zorya, who have the most conceded goals (28) away in Persha Liga, so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-9 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Balkany as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Mykolaiv match.

A. Fayuk was the last player to score for the away team. Balkany haven't scored a league goal in the last 185 minutes.

The attacking power of Balkany when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 11 league matches away. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Balkany Zorya concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

Avanhard and Balkany Zorya have met before this season: Balkany Zorya - Avanhard 0-2. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: four - one - one (Avanhard wins - draws - Balkany Zorya wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AvanhardO. Lobov
O. Lobov
5 goals
AvanhardI. Matyazh
I. Matyazh
3 goals
AvanhardI. Kirienko
I. Kirienko
3 goals

Avanhard missing players

Balkany Zorya missing players

Avanhard Balkany Zorya
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 3 11 22
11 7 4 Won W 0 1 4
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 5
7 2 0 Lost L 3 9 13
29 17 7 Scored S 0 6 15
24 9 1 Conceded C 10 28 36
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
73% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 73%
41% 36% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 91% 50%
18% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 27% 18%
9% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
55% 55% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 36% 27%
27% 27% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 23%
18% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 64% 59%
 
3.7 4 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.5 3.9
4 3.6 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 7.1 5.6
1.7 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.2 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
150 87 20 Total Shots T S 13 75 135
55 30 11 Shots on Target S O 4 30 51
40% 43% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 18%
Key stats in Persha Liga this season:
  • Avanhard have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Balkany Zorya have scored away.
  • Avanhard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Balkany Zorya has the fewest scored goals (15)
  • Balkany Zorya has the most conceded goals (28) away
  • Balkany Zorya has the the worst goal difference (-22) away
  • Balkany Zorya have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Balkany Zorya have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Balkany Zorya have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Balkany Zorya have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Balkany Zorya haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inhulets 22 13 5 4 37 18 11 8 3 0 22 9 11 5 2 4 15 9 19 44
2 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 22 13 5 4 35 21 11 7 2 2 16 7 11 6 3 2 19 14 14 44
3 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 21 14 1 6 37 20 11 9 1 1 25 6 10 5 0 5 12 14 17 43
4 Volyn 22 12 6 4 41 30 11 9 2 0 24 11 11 3 4 4 17 19 11 42
5 Minai 22 12 5 5 36 23 11 8 2 1 21 10 11 4 3 4 15 13 13 41
6 Rukh Vynnyky 20 12 4 4 31 14 9 7 1 1 15 4 11 5 3 3 16 10 17 40
7 Obolon'-Brovar 21 11 5 5 29 23 10 5 4 1 18 12 11 6 1 4 11 11 6 38
8 Avanhard 22 11 4 7 29 24 11 7 2 2 17 9 11 4 2 5 12 15 5 37
9 Hirnyk-Sport 22 9 3 10 30 32 11 5 1 5 16 14 11 4 2 5 14 18 -2 30
10 Chornomorets 21 8 4 9 27 30 10 5 2 3 15 12 11 3 2 6 12 18 -3 28
11 Mykolaiv 21 5 7 9 30 33 11 4 3 4 20 15 10 1 4 5 10 18 -3 22
12 Prykarpattia 21 6 2 13 29 36 11 3 1 7 14 15 10 3 1 6 15 21 -7 20
13 Kremin' 22 5 5 12 29 41 11 4 2 5 18 19 11 1 3 7 11 22 -12 20
14 Balkany Zorya 22 4 5 13 15 36 11 3 4 4 9 8 11 1 1 9 6 28 -21 17
15 Metalurh Zaporizhya 21 3 2 16 17 39 10 2 1 7 8 19 11 1 1 9 9 20 -22 11
16 Cherkashchyna-Akademiya 22 1 3 18 17 49 12 1 2 9 13 28 10 0 1 9 4 21 -32 6

Read more about Persha Liga

The Persha Liga, also called the Ukrainian First League, is the second highest level of football in Ukraine. It currently has 16 teams playing each other home and away for a final league table after 30 fixtures. The winner promotes to the Ukraine Premier League, another possibly following through a playoff.