Football tips: Metalist 1925 Kharkiv vs Veres - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Ukraine Persha Liga
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist (40003 seats)

The Metalist 1925 Kharkiv & Veres managers V. Kryventsov and Y. Virt are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Persha Liga league table.

Insights:
  • Veres have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Persha Liga

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Persha Liga game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

Metalist are battling for top spots and have everything to play for.

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Metalist 1925 Kharkiv form and stats

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have performed here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist this season with 7 wins from 12 Persha Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 2. Metalist has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Kremin' defeat 177 days ago.

The goalie D. Sydorenko was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 0.0 out of ten. Sydorenko .

There will be little rest for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv after this match as they are travelling to Prykarpattia for a Persha Liga game in only four days.

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. From these home matches, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have conceded only 8 goals.

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Veres form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Persha Liga, on their Persha Liga travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Things are running smoothly for Veres who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 14 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Alians Lypova Dolyna.

Veres have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 311 minutes since they last conceded in Persha Liga.

As mentioned above, Veres was the only team on the pitch versus VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Alians Lypova Dolyna in just four days.

Veres find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Veres as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Veres - Metalist 0-0, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

VeresM. Shestakov
M. Shestakov
10 goals
VeresR. Gegedosh
R. Gegedosh
7 goals
VeresM. Sergiychuk
M. Sergiychuk
6 goals

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv missing players

Veres missing players

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Veres
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 2 Played P 3 11 24
13 7 2 Won W 0 6 18
8 3 0 Drew D 2 3 4
4 2 0 Lost L 1 2 2
24 13 2 Scored S 0 14 42
18 8 0 Conceded C 1 7 10
80% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 73% 83%
48% 42% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 45% 62%
32% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 45% 46%
4% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 21%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 4%
40% 42% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 36% 29%
44% 42% 100% Clean Sheets C S 67% 55% 67%
36% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 36% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.9 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.6 6.5 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 3.7 3.5 5
2.8 3.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.7 1.3 2.3
31% 26% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 85% 75%
Key stats in Persha Liga this season:
  • Veres have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Veres have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Persha Liga
  • Veres have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Persha Liga
  • Veres have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Persha Liga
  • Veres have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Persha Liga
  • Veres have the most clean sheets (15) in Persha Liga
  • Veres have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Persha Liga
  • Veres have the the best goal difference (+32) in Persha Liga
  • Veres have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Persha Liga
  • Veres 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 Veres 24 18 4 2 42 10 13 12 1 0 28 3 11 6 3 2 14 7 32 58
2 Chornomorets 25 15 7 3 38 19 13 9 2 2 21 8 12 6 5 1 17 11 19 52
3 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 25 13 8 4 24 18 12 7 3 2 13 8 13 6 5 2 11 10 6 47
4 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 25 13 6 6 42 23 12 8 3 1 25 9 13 5 3 5 17 14 19 45
5 Mykolaiv 24 11 7 6 39 20 10 5 3 2 22 9 14 6 4 4 17 11 19 40
6 Volyn 24 11 7 6 32 19 12 6 4 2 19 10 12 5 3 4 13 9 13 40
7 Alians Lypova Dolyna 25 11 7 7 35 26 12 6 4 2 17 10 13 5 3 5 18 16 9 40
8 Obolon'-Brovar 24 10 4 10 38 28 12 7 3 2 24 8 12 3 1 8 14 20 10 34
9 Hirnyk-Sport 24 9 5 10 36 36 13 4 2 7 18 19 11 5 3 3 18 17 0 32
10 Polessya 25 7 8 10 26 29 12 3 5 4 12 13 13 4 3 6 14 16 -3 29
11 VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka 25 8 4 13 23 42 14 4 3 7 12 23 11 4 1 6 11 19 -19 28
12 Nyva Ternopil' 24 6 6 12 25 40 11 3 4 4 11 12 13 3 2 8 14 28 -15 24
13 Avanhard 24 6 5 13 22 39 13 4 1 8 14 23 11 2 4 5 8 16 -17 23
14 Prykarpattia 24 5 6 13 17 34 12 4 3 5 11 12 12 1 3 8 6 22 -17 21
15 Kremin' 25 5 5 15 20 41 13 3 4 6 10 15 12 2 1 9 10 26 -21 20
16 Krystal 25 2 3 20 17 52 12 1 1 10 11 26 13 1 2 10 6 26 -35 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.