Persha Liga fixture preview and stats: Kremin' host Hirnyk

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Competition: Ukraine Persha Liga
Competition: Sun 21.November
Match begins: 11:15 (UTC)
Venue: Kremin'-Arena im. Olega Babaeva (1500 seats)

Pre-match info: 25 points split the sides until now, Hirnyk having done best. Can Kremin' shorten the gap?

Insights:
  • Kremin' have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Hirnyk have the most points from losing position (6) in Persha Liga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Kremin''s stadium, Kremin'-Arena im. Olega Babaeva, has a artifical turf surface. Hirnyk have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Hirnyk when playing on artifical turf; 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses from one match. They have scored 0 goals in these games and conceded 0.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Hirnyk, who are travelling more than 1800 kilometers to play this game.

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Kremin' form and stats

3-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Persha Liga numbers at home for Kremin' so far this season. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 293 minutes without scoring a league goal. D. Galata was the last player to find the net.

In their previous game, the manager R. Loktionov led his Kremin' to a defeat in the Persha Liga match away at Polessya. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Kremin'-Arena im. Olega Babaeva.

Before that game, the home loss against Avanhard with the scoreline 0-1.

Kremin' are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Kremin' have conceded 9 goals.

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Hirnyk form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Persha Liga. It’s been three wins in a row for Hirnyk on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Hirnyk's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Hirnyk-Sport that finished 0-0.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Nyva Ternopil'.

Hirnyk find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides meet on the pitch this season, as the statistics show this recent match: Hirnyk - Kremin' 4-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Kremin' victories, four draws and three Hirnyk wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

HirnykO. Khoblenko
O. Khoblenko
9 goals
Kremin'D. Halata
D. Halata
5 goals
HirnykA. Shchedry
A. Shchedry
5 goals

Kremin' missing players

Hirnyk missing players

Kremin' Hirnyk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 2 9 18
4 3 0 Won W 0 4 11
1 1 1 Drew D 2 4 5
13 4 1 Lost L 0 1 2
14 9 1 Scored S 0 10 32
34 9 2 Conceded C 0 6 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 78%
83% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 72%
39% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 61%
28% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 28%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 28%
33% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 56% 50%
17% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 44% 44%
50% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 28%
 
1 1 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.6 6.4
7 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.9 4
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 8.5 9.3
3 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.1 3.9
67% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 32% 38%
 
3 3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 6 5 6.5
1 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 2.5 2.9
Key stats in Persha Liga this season:
  • Hirnyk have created more than twice as many corners as Kremin'.
  • Hirnyk have scored more than double the goals of Kremin'.
  • Hirnyk have the most points from losing position (6) in Persha Liga
  • Kremin' have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Kremin' have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kremin' haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 18 15 2 1 47 8 9 8 1 0 24 3 9 7 1 1 23 5 39 47
2 Hirnyk 18 11 5 2 32 16 9 7 1 1 22 10 9 4 4 1 10 6 16 38
3 Obolon'-Brovar 17 9 3 5 21 14 10 5 2 3 10 7 7 4 1 2 11 7 7 30
4 Alians Lypova Dolyna 17 9 2 6 28 21 9 6 1 2 17 11 8 3 1 4 11 10 7 29
5 Prykarpattia 18 8 4 6 26 22 9 4 3 2 13 10 9 4 1 4 13 12 4 28
6 Hirnyk-Sport 18 7 5 6 14 15 9 1 4 4 4 9 9 6 1 2 10 6 -1 26
7 Minai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Olimpik Donetsk 17 7 2 8 19 19 7 3 0 4 8 8 10 4 2 4 11 11 0 23
8 Mykolaiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Nyva Ternopil' 18 6 5 7 16 20 9 3 2 4 7 11 9 3 3 3 9 9 -4 23
9 Volyn 17 5 7 5 15 18 9 4 3 2 8 8 8 1 4 3 7 10 -3 22
10 Avanhard 16 7 1 8 15 20 7 4 1 2 10 8 9 3 0 6 5 12 -5 22
11 Polessya 15 6 3 6 17 14 8 4 1 3 11 10 7 2 2 3 6 4 3 21
12 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 18 5 5 8 15 16 9 4 3 2 11 5 9 1 2 6 4 11 -1 20
13 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 18 4 7 7 15 22 9 3 4 2 8 7 9 1 3 5 7 15 -7 19
14 VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka 17 5 1 11 11 21 9 4 1 4 8 8 8 1 0 7 3 13 -10 16
15 Kremin' 18 4 1 13 14 34 8 3 1 4 9 9 10 1 0 9 5 25 -20 13
16 Uzhhorod 18 3 3 12 14 39 9 1 0 8 4 21 9 2 3 4 10 18 -25 12

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.