Match preview: 20 points are the diference between the contenders until now, Metal Kharkiv on top. Can Hirnyk-Sport take the guests by surprise?
- Hirnyk-Sport have yet to win a game at home.
- Metal Kharkiv have the most scored goals (30) in Persha Liga
Hirnyk-Sport have less rest than Metal Kharkiv in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Persha Liga game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Prykarpattia, so at least Hirnyk-Sport are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Hirnyk-Sport form and stats
Hirnyk-Sport's struggle is real here at Stadion Ynist' with only 2 points collected from 6 Persha Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-2-4. Two draws in a row at home now for Hirnyk-Sport.
The Hirnyk-Sport goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 189 minutes without conceding a goal in the Persha Liga.
It's back home for Hirnyk-Sport, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Prykarpattia away with the result 1-0.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Uzhhorod.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hirnyk-Sport as they are travelling to their away game against Obolon'-Brovar in the Persha Liga. That match is four days after this one.
Hirnyk-Sport has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 1 goal from 6 games. Hirnyk-Sport's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Metal Kharkiv form and stats
The away performances of Metal Kharkiv have been very solid so far with 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats in the Persha Liga. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Things are running smoothly for Kharkiv who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 33 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against MSK Dnipro Cherkasy.
Impressive finishing from Y. Pidlepenets and Matheus Peixoto (2) secured the home win 2-1 against Nyva Ternopil' in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hirnyk at their stadium, the result 5-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Kharkiv are hosting Kremin' in the Persha Liga only four days away.
Kharkiv are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (19 goals from 6 away games). Metal Kharkiv's manager O. Kucher has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Vieira Campos Peixoto 9 goals |  F. Bahlouli 5 goals |  Y. Yampol 3 goals |
Hirnyk-Sport missing players
Metal Kharkiv missing players
| Hirnyk-Sport | Metal Kharkiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 19 | 30 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 82% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 18% | 17% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 83% | 73% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 18% |
| 9% | 17% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 45% |
| 45% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 55% |
| 64% | 83% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.4 | 6.1 |
| 5.2 | 4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.1 | 10.3 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.2 | 11.3 |
| 3.8 | 5.3 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 17% | 6% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 54% | 50% |
- All of Metal Kharkiv's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hirnyk-Sport have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hirnyk-Sport have yet to win a game at home.
- Metal Kharkiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Metal Kharkiv have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Metal Kharkiv have scored in all their matches so far.
- Metal Kharkiv have scored more than double the goals of Hirnyk-Sport.
- Metal Kharkiv have the most points (18) away in Persha Liga
- Metal Kharkiv have the most scored goals (19) away in Persha Liga
- Metal Kharkiv have the most scored goals (30) in Persha Liga
- Metal Kharkiv have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Persha Liga
- Metal Kharkiv have the the best goal difference (+17) away in Persha Liga
- Metal Kharkiv have the the best goal difference (+25) in Persha Liga
- Metal Kharkiv have won all their away games so far.
- Metal Kharkiv have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Metal Kharkiv haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Metal Kharkiv is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Metal Kharkiv | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 25 | 31 |
| 2 | Alians Lypova Dolyna | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | Hirnyk | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 4 | Obolon'-Brovar | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Polessya | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Nyva Ternopil' | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 7 | Minai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Prykarpattia | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Mykolaiv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Olimpik Donetsk | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | Volyn | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 11 | Avanhard | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Kremin' | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 13 | Hirnyk-Sport | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -7 | 11 |
| 14 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 9 |
| 15 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 7 |
| 16 | Uzhhorod | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -20 | 5 |