With their 26 point advantage in the league table, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Metalurh Zaporizhya.
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv form and stats
5 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have to build on here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist in the Persha Liga. Two home wins in a row for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv bring valid hopes of a third.
Stress levels are on the rise for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv's attacking players as they have now played 249 minutes without scoring in a league game. A. Savin was their last goal scorer.
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv lost their last game at Ahrobiznes Volochysk (placed 4th) after a 0-5 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Metalist 1925 Kharkiv lost 0-1 at Rukh Vynnyky's place.
As you see from the result above, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. From these home matches, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have conceded only 6 goals.
Metalurh Zaporizhya form and stats
There's been little loot from Metalurh Zaporizhya's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 10 away games in the Persha Liga. Metalurh Zaporizhya only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw. Bitter travels for Metalurh Zaporizhya as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Cherkashchyna-Akademiya match.
Metalurh Zaporizhya are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Persha Liga against Balkany Zorya (placed 14th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Inhulets wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.
The attacking power of Metalurh Zaporizhya when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. In the opposite end, Metalurh Zaporizhya have conceded 18 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Metalurh Zaporizhya - Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 1-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Metalist 1925 Kharkiv four wins, zero draws and Metalurh Zaporizhya zero victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 Y. Yampol 7 goals | D. Pospelov 5 goals | V. Koltsov 4 goals |
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv missing players
Metalurh Zaporizhya missing players
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Metalurh Zaporizhya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 27 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 19 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | 34 |
| 84% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 60% | 68% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 47% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 30% | 26% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 16% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 30% | 42% |
| 42% | 56% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 32% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 60% | 53% |
| 5.1 | 6.3 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.3 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 7.1 | 6.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 162 | 95 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 31 | 104 |
| 72 | 44 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 12 | 44 |
| 32% | 27% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 20% |
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Metalurh Zaporizhya has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Metalurh Zaporizhya have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Metalurh Zaporizhya have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Metalurh Zaporizhya have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Metalurh Zaporizhya have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Metalurh Zaporizhya 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 | Rukh Vynnyky | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 39 |
| 2 | Volyn | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 38 |
| 3 | Inhulets | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 37 |
| 4 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 37 |
| 5 | Minai | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 37 |
| 6 | Obolon'-Brovar | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 35 |
| 8 | Avanhard | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 33 |
| 9 | Hirnyk-Sport | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Chornomorets | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 22 |
| 11 | Prykarpattia | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 20 |
| 12 | Mykolaiv | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 18 |
| 13 | Kremin' | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | Balkany Zorya | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -15 | 15 |
| 15 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | -19 | 9 |
| 16 | Cherkashchyna-Akademiya | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -27 | 6 |