Season ticket holders at Stadion Yuvilejnyj haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Sumy languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting Balkany Zorya will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's quite the trip for Balkany Zorya when visiting Sumy as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Sumy form and stats
Sumy's struggle is real here at Stadion Yuvilejnyj with only 6 points collected from 11 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 1-3-7. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 15 attempts. Sumy are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadion Yuvilejnyj with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in eleven attempts. The last victory here came in the Zirka match.The points were shared in Sumy's previous game, also at home. Visiting Obolon'-Brovar travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Dnipro-1 (0-7).
Sumy have scored 7 goals here in 11 matches, not a lot. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Sumy having conceded 29 goals here at Stadion Yuvilejnyj so far.
Balkany Zorya form and stats
Balkany Zorya have only collected 10 points from their away games after 3-1-6 (10 played).It's the second away game in a row for Balkany Zorya, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Ahrobiznes Volochysk in the Persha Liga last time out. A 0-1 loss hosting Metalist 1925 Kharkiv before that.
The attacking power of Balkany Zorya when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored in 10 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Balkany Zorya have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Balkany Zorya - Sumy 1-1 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Sumy won 0 games, 4 matches ended with a draw and Balkany Zorya has 0 wins.Top Goalscorers
  M. Zlatov 5 goals |  B. Salamakha 3 goals |  S. Gerasimets 3 goals |
Sumy missing players
Balkany Zorya missing players
| Sumy | Balkany Zorya | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | Played | 10 | 21 |
| 18 | 7 | Scored | 8 | 23 |
| 56 | 29 | Conceded | 15 | 24 |
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | 90% | 86% |
| 82% | 73% | Over 1.5 | 60% | 67% |
| 59% | 64% | Over 2.5 | 50% | 48% |
| 45% | 55% | Over 3.5 | 10% | 10% |
| 27% | 18% | Over 4.5 | 10% | 10% |
| 45% | 36% | Both teams to score | 30% | 43% |
| 14% | 9% | Clean Sheet | 30% | 33% |
| 50% | 64% | Failed To Score | 50% | 38% |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Corners For (avg) | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 0.6 | 0.5 | Corners Against (avg) | 2.6 | 2 |
| 0.6 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.5 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 0 |
- Balkany Zorya is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
- Sumy is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Dnipro-1 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 48 | 53 |
| 2 | Kolos Kovalivka | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 28 | 44 |
| 3 | Volyn | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 20 | 43 |
| 4 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 41 |
| 5 | Obolon'-Brovar | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 39 |
| 6 | Avanhard | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 17 | 35 |
| 7 | Balkany Zorya | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Inhulets | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 29 |
| 9 | Mykolaiv | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 25 |
| 10 | Prykarpattia | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -1 | 21 |
| 11 | Rukh Vynnyky | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -13 | 19 |
| 12 | Hirnyk-Sport | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 28 | -19 | 18 |
| 13 | Sumy | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 27 | -38 | 17 |
| 14 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 21 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -16 | 11 |
| 15 | Zirka | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 30 | -39 | 4 |
| 16 | Energetik | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Balkan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Kobra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
