The league table in Persha Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Metalist 1925 Kharkiv leading Avanhard by 7 points. Match preview to follow:
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago. The visiting Avanhard played their last game only four days ago, a Persha Liga match.
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv form and stats
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Persha Liga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 193 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Kalaytan was the last player to find the net. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Denys Sydorenko not having conceded a league goal in 266 minutes.
Metalist shared the glory with Volyn in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv aren't scoring a lot here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Defensively Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Avanhard form and stats
The Persha Liga season is young and Avanhard have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.
Y. Senytskyi scored in Avanhard's previous match, the home game against Krystal that ended 2-1.
The end of the last match, against Krystal, was very satisfying as Y. Senytskyi scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Avanhard's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. It's not easy to score on Avanhard as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Metalist two wins, zero draws and Avanhard two victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Metalist 1925 Kharkiv missing players
Avanhard missing players
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Avanhard | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | 12 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 16 | 6 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 38% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 83% |
- Avanhard have yet to win a game away.
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have not yet lost a 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 | Chornomorets | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Hirnyk-Sport | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Mykolaiv | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Veres | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Volyn | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Alians Lypova Dolyna | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Polessya | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Kremin' | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Nyva Ternopil' | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | Avanhard | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Prykarpattia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
| 15 | Obolon'-Brovar | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Krystal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 0 |