Persha Liga match preview: Balkany Zorya versus Avanhard

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Competition: Ukraine Persha Liga
Date: Sun 19.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion im. Boris Tropanets (3000 seats)

Balkany Zorya will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Avanhard.

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 Balkany Zorya and Avanhard.

Avanhard have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Balkany Zorya form and stats

Balkany Zorya have collected 20 points from their home games so far after 5-5-3.

The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Volyn in the Persha Liga last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that, Balkany Zorya played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Obolon'-Brovar.

Balkany Zorya are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 17 goals in 13 matches. Balkany Zorya's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Avanhard form and stats

7 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Avanhard playing as the away team this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Persha Liga home defeat versus Rukh Vynnyky with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Hirnyk-Sport.

Avanhard are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 22 times in 13 away games so far. Avanhard are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Balkany Zorya and Avanhard have met before this season: Avanhard - Balkany Zorya 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Balkany Zorya 1 win, 0 draws and Avanhard 2 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

I. Kirienko
13 goals
E. Demchenko
9 goals
M. Zlatov
5 goals

Balkany Zorya missing players

Avanhard missing players

Balkany Zorya Avanhard
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
25 13 5 Played 5 13 25
9 5 0 Won 2 7 11
7 5 3 Drew 3 4 6
9 3 2 Lost 0 2 8
27 17 3 Scored 9 22 41
29 13 6 Conceded 6 11 25
88% 85% 80% Over 0.5 80% 92% 92%
68% 77% 60% Over 1.5 60% 46% 56%
44% 46% 20% Over 2.5 40% 38% 48%
12% 15% 20% Over 3.5 40% 31% 32%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 40% 23% 20%
44% 54% 40% BTTS 60% 38% 48%
32% 31% 20% Clean Sheets 40% 46% 36%
36% 31% 60% Failed To Score 20% 23% 24%
 
4.3 5.7 4 Corners For (avg) 3 2.5 4.7
4.7 5 8 Corners Against (avg) 4 6.2 4.6
2.3 2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2.8 2.7
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 2 3
Key stats this season:
  • Avanhard have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Avanhard have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Balkany Zorya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Balkany Zorya have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Balkany Zorya
All Second League: Group A Ukrainian Cup Club Friendlies Persha Liga
All Home Away
27-03-19 PL Balkany Zorya 2 - 0 Hirnyk-Sport
02-04-19 PL Balkany Zorya 2 - 1 Mykolaiv
13-04-19 PL Balkany Zorya 0 - 1 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
18-04-19 PL Ahrobiznes Volochysk 0 - 2 Balkany Zorya
25-04-19 PL Sumy 0 - 1 Balkany Zorya
01-05-19 PL Balkany Zorya 0 - 2 Dnipro-1
05-05-19 PL Obolon'-Brovar 1 - 1 Balkany Zorya
15-05-19 PL Balkany Zorya 2 - 2 Volyn
19-05-19 PL Balkany Zorya 13:00 Avanhard
25-05-19 PL Inhulets 14:00 Balkany Zorya
Avanhard
All Ukrainian Cup Club Friendlies Persha Liga
All Home Away
23-03-19 PL Volyn 0 - 1 Avanhard
27-03-19 PL Avanhard 0 - 1 Kolos Kovalivka
07-04-19 PL Sumy 0 - 3 Avanhard
13-04-19 PL Avanhard 2 - 3 Mykolaiv
22-04-19 PL Dnipro-1 1 - 0 Avanhard
26-04-19 PL Avanhard 1 - 0 Obolon'-Brovar
01-05-19 PL Avanhard 1 - 1 Hirnyk-Sport
15-05-19 PL Avanhard 1 - 2 Rukh Vynnyky
19-05-19 PL Balkany Zorya 13:00 Avanhard
25-05-19 PL Avanhard 14:00 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Dnipro-1 26 19 4 3 67 20 13 10 1 2 43 9 13 9 3 1 24 11 47 61
2 Volyn 26 17 5 4 54 29 13 9 2 2 26 14 13 8 3 2 28 15 25 56
3 Kolos Kovalivka 26 14 9 3 45 13 13 6 6 1 23 8 13 8 3 2 22 5 32 51
4 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 25 14 5 6 34 18 12 9 1 2 19 6 13 5 4 4 15 12 16 47
5 Obolon'-Brovar 25 11 8 6 30 23 13 5 5 3 12 12 12 6 3 3 18 11 7 41
6 Avanhard 25 11 6 8 41 25 12 4 2 6 19 14 13 7 4 2 22 11 16 39
7 Inhulets 24 10 6 8 34 31 11 5 2 4 20 13 13 5 4 4 14 18 3 36
8 Balkany Zorya 25 9 7 9 27 29 13 5 5 3 17 13 12 4 2 6 10 16 -2 34
9 Prykarpattia 26 9 4 13 39 36 14 6 2 6 23 13 12 3 2 7 16 23 3 31
10 Mykolaiv 25 8 7 10 26 30 13 5 5 3 16 11 12 3 2 7 10 19 -4 31
11 Rukh Vynnyky 25 6 9 10 24 33 12 2 5 5 14 19 13 4 4 5 10 14 -9 27
12 Hirnyk-Sport 25 4 10 11 24 43 13 4 6 3 13 14 12 0 4 8 11 29 -19 22
13 Sumy 26 3 7 16 20 73 13 1 3 9 9 33 13 2 4 7 11 40 -53 16
14 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 25 2 8 15 17 36 13 2 2 9 14 20 12 0 6 6 3 16 -19 14
15 Zirka 17 1 1 15 10 49 8 1 1 6 6 19 9 0 0 9 4 30 -39 4
16 Energetik 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
17 Balkan 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 Kobra 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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