Football betting preview: Metalist 1925 Kharkiv vs Chornomorets

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Competition: Ukraine Persha Liga
Competition: Wed 26.May
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)

27 rounds of fixtures have been played and both Metalist 1925 Kharkiv and Chornomorets are up there with the best. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Chornomorets have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Persha Liga

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv and Chornomorets should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

The season is still full of potential for Metalist as they can still win the whole Persha Liga. Chornomorets are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Metalist 1925 Kharkiv form and stats

27 points is a decent return from 13 Persha Liga games here for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. Metalist has a nice streak going on as they have played 14 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Kremin' defeat 187 days ago.

A strong away win for Metalist against Prykarpattia the last match, as V. Ponomar (2) and O. Golodyuk were on target.

Ahead of that match, Metalist won a home game hosting Veres (4-1).

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Metalist have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Chornomorets form and stats

The visitors are W6-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Persha Liga.

Chornomorets go into this game after a win, the home game against Krystal that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Chornomorets was the only team on the pitch versus Krystal in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Ahrobiznes Volochysk wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

The visiting Chornomorets have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Chornomorets - Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 2-0, played this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Metalist 1925 Kharkiv victories, two draws and one Chornomorets win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Metalist 1925 KharkivV. Ponomar
V. Ponomar
6 goals
ChornomoretsV. Lykhovydko
V. Lykhovydko
6 goals
Metalist 1925 KharkivD. Freitas Ribeiro
D. Freitas Ribeiro
5 goals

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv missing players

Chornomorets missing players

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Chornomorets
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
15 8 3 Won W 0 6 16
8 3 0 Drew D 1 5 7
4 2 0 Lost L 2 2 4
31 17 6 Scored S 1 17 42
19 9 1 Conceded C 6 12 20
81% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
52% 46% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 74%
37% 31% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 31% 37%
7% 15% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 23% 19%
7% 15% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
41% 46% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 46% 44%
44% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 44%
33% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 23% 15%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.3 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
5.4 6.5 5.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.5 6.4
2.8 3.6 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.8 2.8
39% 33% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 52% 60%
Key stats in Persha Liga this season:
  • Chornomorets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Chornomorets have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Persha Liga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Veres 26 18 5 3 46 17 14 12 2 0 31 6 12 6 3 3 15 11 29 59
2 Chornomorets 27 16 7 4 42 20 14 10 2 2 25 8 13 6 5 2 17 12 22 55
3 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 27 15 8 4 31 19 13 8 3 2 17 9 14 7 5 2 14 10 12 53
4 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 27 15 6 6 44 23 13 9 3 1 26 9 14 6 3 5 18 14 21 51
5 Mykolaiv 26 13 7 6 42 20 12 7 3 2 25 9 14 6 4 4 17 11 22 46
6 Alians Lypova Dolyna 27 12 8 7 39 29 13 7 4 2 18 10 14 5 4 5 21 19 10 44
7 Volyn 26 12 7 7 35 21 13 7 4 2 21 10 13 5 3 5 14 11 14 43
8 Obolon'-Brovar 26 11 4 11 40 30 13 8 3 2 26 9 13 3 1 9 14 21 10 37
9 Hirnyk-Sport 26 9 5 12 36 40 14 4 2 8 18 21 12 5 3 4 18 19 -4 32
10 VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka 27 9 4 14 25 44 14 4 3 7 12 23 13 5 1 7 13 21 -19 31
11 Polessya 27 7 8 12 27 33 13 3 5 5 13 15 14 4 3 7 14 18 -6 29
12 Avanhard 26 8 5 13 26 40 13 4 1 8 14 23 13 4 4 5 12 17 -14 29
13 Nyva Ternopil' 26 7 6 13 28 42 13 4 4 5 14 14 13 3 2 8 14 28 -14 27
14 Prykarpattia 26 6 6 14 18 37 13 4 3 6 11 15 13 2 3 8 7 22 -19 24
15 Kremin' 27 5 5 17 20 44 14 3 4 7 10 16 13 2 1 10 10 28 -24 20
16 Krystal 27 2 3 22 17 57 13 1 1 11 11 27 14 1 2 11 6 30 -40 9

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.