Another action-packed fixture in Persha Liga as Metalurh Zaporizhya welcome Chornomorets

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Competition: Ukraine Persha Liga
Competition: Tue 11.August
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Knyazha-Arena (11983 seats)

Metalurh Zaporizhya hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 22 points and a 15th position in the Persha Liga table. Visiting Chornomorets holds 10th place with 36 pts.

It's no vacation for neither Metalurh Zaporizhya nor Chornomorets as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Relegation threatens Metalurh Zaporizhya who should definitely be looking for some points here. Chornomorets is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Metalurh Zaporizhya form and stats

5-2-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Persha Liga numbers at home for Metalurh Zaporizhya so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Zaporizhya after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Ahead of that match, Zaporizhya won a home game hosting Prykarpattia (1-0).

The Metalurh Zaporizhya fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 14 matches. Metalurh Zaporizhya have conceded 23 from these games.

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Chornomorets form and stats

There's been little loot from Chornomorets's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 14 away games in the Persha Liga. Chornomorets only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws. Two points from the last two away games for Chornomorets, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

The attacking players of Chornomorets have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Chornomorets have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Chornomorets - Zaporizhya 1-0. Zaporizhya-Chornomorets H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Metalurh Zaporizhya zero wins, Chornomorets five wins, five draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ChornomoretsA. Shtohrin
A. Shtohrin
4 goals
ChornomoretsV. Klymenko
V. Klymenko
2 goals
ChornomoretsI. Sikorskiy
I. Sikorskiy
2 goals

Metalurh Zaporizhya missing players

Chornomorets missing players

Metalurh Zaporizhya Chornomorets
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 5 14 29
6 5 2 Won W 3 3 9
4 2 0 Drew D 2 4 9
18 7 2 Lost L 0 7 11
27 16 7 Scored S 9 12 36
51 23 8 Conceded C 4 19 36
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 79% 83%
75% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 57% 59%
50% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 36% 45%
32% 36% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 29% 34%
18% 14% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 14% 17%
50% 64% 75% BTTS BTTS 60% 36% 41%
7% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 29% 28%
43% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 57% 48%
 
4.2 5 8 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.5 5.7
6.5 6 8 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 4.4 3.8
2.6 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.7 3
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
119 87 24 Total Shots T S 18 93 216
52 40 9 Shots on Target S O 9 36 87
27% 28% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 19% 28%
Key stats in Persha Liga this season:
  • Metalurh Zaporizhya have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • 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 Inhulets 29 17 8 4 46 21 15 10 5 0 27 10 14 7 3 4 19 11 25 59
2 Minai 29 18 5 6 50 27 14 11 2 1 25 11 15 7 3 5 25 16 23 59
3 Volyn 29 17 6 6 57 35 15 12 2 1 34 12 14 5 4 5 23 23 22 57
4 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 29 18 3 8 50 30 14 10 2 2 30 10 15 8 1 6 20 20 20 57
5 Rukh Vynnyky 28 16 7 5 44 21 13 10 1 2 24 8 15 6 6 3 20 13 23 55
6 Obolon'-Brovar 29 14 9 6 40 29 15 7 7 1 26 16 14 7 2 5 14 13 11 51
7 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 29 14 6 9 40 32 14 8 3 3 19 9 15 6 3 6 21 23 8 48
8 Avanhard 29 13 6 10 37 36 15 8 4 3 23 16 14 5 2 7 14 20 1 45
9 Hirnyk-Sport 29 12 3 14 40 44 14 8 1 5 23 17 15 4 2 9 17 27 -4 39
10 Chornomorets 29 9 9 11 36 36 15 6 5 4 24 17 14 3 4 7 12 19 0 36
11 Mykolaiv 29 7 10 12 41 45 15 5 4 6 25 22 14 2 6 6 16 23 -4 31
12 Prykarpattia 29 8 3 18 40 49 15 5 1 9 21 20 14 3 2 9 19 29 -9 27
13 Kremin' 29 7 6 16 33 53 15 6 3 6 21 21 14 1 3 10 12 32 -20 27
14 Balkany Zorya 29 5 9 15 25 50 14 3 5 6 12 16 15 2 4 9 13 34 -25 24
15 Metalurh Zaporizhya 28 6 4 18 27 51 14 5 2 7 16 23 14 1 2 11 11 28 -24 22
16 Cherkashchyna-Akademiya 29 1 4 24 23 70 14 1 2 11 15 36 15 0 2 13 8 34 -47 7

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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.