Persha Liga match preview: Prykarpattia versus Rukh Vynnyky

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Competition: Ukraine Persha Liga
Date: Sun 24.November
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: MCS Rukh (15000 seats)

Struggling Prykarpattia will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Rukh Vynnyky in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

The visiting Rukh Vynnyky played their last game only four days ago, a Persha Liga match. That game, against Hirnyk-Sport, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Rukh Vynnyky.

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Prykarpattia form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats. That’s what Prykarpattia have to build on here at MCS Rukh in the Persha Liga. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Prykarpattia to get some points in this home game. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Prykarpattia, their manager V. Kovalyuk and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Prykarpattia's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Volyn (placed 1st). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Avanhard.

A decent goal production from Prykarpattia in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Prykarpattia have conceded 13 goals.

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Rukh Vynnyky form and stats

Playing away, Rukh Vynnyky have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Persha Liga this season. Rukh Vynnyky seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Rukh Vynnyky play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Hirnyk-Sport (placed 9th). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.

Rukh Vynnyky has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. As opposed to that, Rukh Vynnyky have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Rukh Vynnyky - Prykarpattia 2-1. Prykarpattia-Rukh Vynnyky H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Prykarpattia 1 win, Rukh Vynnyky 1 win, 1 draw. 2 of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Rukh VynnykyD. Kondrakov
D. Kondrakov
9 goals
Rukh VynnykyY. Klymchuk
Y. Klymchuk
7 goals
PrykarpattiaV. Tsyutsyura
V. Tsyutsyura
5 goals

Prykarpattia missing players

Rukh Vynnyky missing players

Prykarpattia Rukh Vynnyky
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 4 Played P 3 9 18
6 3 0 Won W 3 4 11
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
10 5 4 Lost L 0 3 4
28 14 3 Scored S 8 14 29
29 13 8 Conceded C 1 9 13
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 89% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 56% 56%
67% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 33%
28% 22% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 17%
28% 22% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 17%
61% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 56% 44%
17% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 44%
28% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 11%
 
4.6 5.1 3.8 Corners For (avg) C F 6 5.2 4.5
4.9 4.7 4.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 4.1 4
2.9 3 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.5 2.1
5 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
 
159 88 36 Total Shots T S 18 61 181
61 33 14 Shots on Target S O 8 26 78
43% 42% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 42% 32%
Key stats in Persha Liga this season:
  • Prykarpattia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Rukh Vynnyky have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rukh Vynnyky 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 Volyn 18 11 4 3 36 23 9 8 1 0 22 10 9 3 3 3 14 13 13 37
2 Obolon'-Brovar 18 11 4 3 27 17 9 5 3 1 17 11 9 6 1 2 10 6 10 37
3 Rukh Vynnyky 18 11 3 4 29 13 9 7 1 1 15 4 9 4 2 3 14 9 16 36
4 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 18 10 5 3 27 14 9 5 2 2 12 6 9 5 3 1 15 8 13 35
5 Inhulets 18 10 4 4 29 13 9 6 3 0 17 6 9 4 1 4 12 7 16 34
6 Minai 18 10 4 4 29 20 9 7 1 1 16 8 9 3 3 3 13 12 9 34
7 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 18 11 1 6 28 19 9 7 1 1 19 6 9 4 0 5 9 13 9 34
8 Avanhard 18 9 3 6 22 19 9 5 2 2 13 8 9 4 1 4 9 11 3 30
9 Hirnyk-Sport 18 8 3 7 24 26 9 4 1 4 12 12 9 4 2 3 12 14 -2 27
10 Chornomorets 18 6 4 8 20 25 9 4 2 3 10 10 9 2 2 5 10 15 -5 22
11 Prykarpattia 18 6 2 10 28 29 9 3 1 5 14 13 9 3 1 5 14 16 -1 20
12 Mykolaiv 18 4 5 9 23 30 9 3 2 4 14 13 9 1 3 5 9 17 -7 17
13 Balkany Zorya 18 3 5 10 13 28 9 2 4 3 8 6 9 1 1 7 5 22 -15 14
14 Kremin' 18 3 4 11 25 39 9 3 1 5 16 18 9 0 3 6 9 21 -14 13
15 Metalurh Zaporizhya 18 2 2 14 14 33 8 1 1 6 5 15 10 1 1 8 9 18 -19 8
16 Cherkashchyna-Akademiya 18 1 3 14 15 41 10 1 2 7 11 22 8 0 1 7 4 19 -26 6

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.