Struggling Balkany Zorya will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Volyn in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
The visiting Volyn played their last game only three days ago, a Persha Liga match.
These teams have little in common geographically as Volyn have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Balkany Zorya form and stats
Overall Persha Liga stats at home this season for Balkany Zorya are 3-4-4 (wins-draw-losses).
A goal frenzy last time out for Balkany Zorya, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Avanhard. Fun stuff to watch! The hometeam coach A. Parkhomenko made a successful contribution in the game against Avanhard, bringing on D. Bolokan who scored the equalizer in the 3-3 draw.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Balkany as they are travelling to their away game against Prykarpattia in the Persha Liga. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Balkany Zorya here at Stadion im. Boris Tropanets in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 11 games). Balkany Zorya are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion im. Boris Tropanets in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.
Volyn form and stats
Playing away, Volyn have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Persha Liga this season.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Metalist 1925 Kharkiv in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Volyn's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. Volyn's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Volyn - Balkany 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Balkany won one game, three matches ended with a draw and Volyn has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / oneTop Goalscorers
  D. Kozhanov 14 goals | S. Haghnazari 4 goals | R. Voloshynovych 3 goals |
Balkany Zorya missing players
Volyn missing players
| Balkany Zorya | Volyn | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 18 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 8 | 17 | 41 |
| 39 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 19 | 31 |
| 91% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 91% |
| 74% | 55% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 78% |
| 52% | 9% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 55% | 61% |
| 22% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 45% | 39% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 36% | 30% |
| 30% | 18% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 73% | 65% |
| 22% | 45% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 26% |
| 57% | 55% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 17% |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.3 | 5.9 | 7.1 |
| 5.6 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 135 | 60 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 84 | 195 |
| 51 | 21 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 37 | 85 |
| 18% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 41% | 39% |
- Balkany Zorya have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Volyn has the most points from losing position (15)
- Volyn has the most scored goals in the first half (19)
- Volyn have scored more than double the goals of Balkany Zorya.
| 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 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 47 |
| 2 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 23 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 42 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 46 |
| 3 | Minai | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 44 |
| 4 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 44 |
| 5 | Volyn | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 42 |
| 6 | Obolon'-Brovar | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 42 |
| 7 | Rukh Vynnyky | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 41 |
| 8 | Avanhard | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 38 |
| 9 | Hirnyk-Sport | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -1 | 33 |
| 10 | Chornomorets | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -3 | 30 |
| 11 | Prykarpattia | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 34 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -6 | 24 |
| 12 | Mykolaiv | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 23 |
| 13 | Kremin' | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -13 | 20 |
| 14 | Balkany Zorya | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 31 | -21 | 18 |
| 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 |