Veres vs Krystal Persha Liga preview

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Competition: Ukraine Persha Liga
Competition: Thu 06.May
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)

Only a win will satisfy the Veres supporters in this clash with Krystal, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Persha Liga table.

Insights:
  • Veres have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Persha Liga
  • Krystal have the most conceded goals (50) in Persha Liga

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.

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Veres form and stats

Home games in the Persha Liga have been a walk in the park for Veres so far, with 34 points won from 12 matches; 11 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Veres 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 Alians Lypova Dolyna defeat 177 days ago. The Veres fans aren't used to losing league-games here and will expect new points from this game. Veres has played 14 games in a row here without a defeat.

Veres manager Y. Virt and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Ahrobiznes Volochysk (placed 4th) in the Persha Liga. Before that, Veres had a home game versus Mykolaiv which ended with a victory 3-1.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (26 in 12 games), Veres's attacking play is working. As for guarding their own goal, Veres have only let in 3 goals at home.

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Krystal form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Krystal, who have the most conceded goals (50) in Persha Liga, so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-9 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Krystal's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Krystal go into this game after a win, the home game against Obolon'-Brovar that ended 3-2. A 0-3 defeat away at Hirnyk-Sport before that.

Krystal are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 6 goals from 12 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Krystal manager V. Yevtushenko has some worries about the defense as 24 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Krystal - Veres 2-3. Veres-Krystal H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Veres three wins, Krystal zero wins, zero draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

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

Veres missing players

Krystal missing players

Veres Krystal
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 12 4 Played P 3 12 24
16 11 4 Won W 0 1 2
4 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
2 0 0 Lost L 3 9 19
36 26 9 Scored S 2 6 17
10 3 2 Conceded C 11 24 50
82% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
59% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 71%
45% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 33% 54%
18% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 17% 29%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 17% 21%
32% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 50%
64% 75% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 8%
23% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 58% 46%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
5.2 6.4 5.3 Shots (avg) S ( 3 2.4 3.8
2.4 3.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.7 1.2 1.6
65% 70% 133% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 46% 46%
Key stats in Persha Liga this season:
  • Krystal have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Krystal have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Persha Liga
  • Krystal have the fewest points (5) away in Persha Liga
  • Krystal have the most conceded goals (50) in Persha Liga
  • Krystal have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Persha Liga
  • Krystal have the the worst goal difference (-18) away in Persha Liga
  • Krystal have the the worst goal difference (-33) in Persha Liga
  • Krystal haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Veres have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Veres have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Veres have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Veres have scored more than double the goals of Krystal.
  • Veres have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Persha Liga
  • Veres have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Persha Liga
  • Veres have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Persha Liga
  • Veres have the most clean sheets (14) in Persha Liga
  • Veres have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Persha Liga
  • Veres have the most points (34) at home in Persha Liga
  • Veres have the most scored goals (26) at home in Persha Liga
  • Veres have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Persha Liga
  • Veres have the the best goal difference (+23) at home in Persha Liga
  • Veres have the the best goal difference (+26) 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 22 16 4 2 36 10 12 11 1 0 26 3 10 5 3 2 10 7 26 52
2 Chornomorets 24 15 6 3 37 18 13 9 2 2 21 8 11 6 4 1 16 10 19 51
3 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 24 13 7 4 23 17 12 7 3 2 13 8 12 6 4 2 10 9 6 46
4 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 23 12 6 5 38 19 11 7 3 1 22 7 12 5 3 4 16 12 19 42
5 Mykolaiv 23 11 6 6 38 19 9 5 2 2 21 8 14 6 4 4 17 11 19 39
6 Volyn 22 10 7 5 29 17 11 5 4 2 17 10 11 5 3 3 12 7 12 37
7 Alians Lypova Dolyna 23 9 7 7 28 22 11 5 4 2 13 8 12 4 3 5 15 14 6 34
8 Obolon'-Brovar 23 10 3 10 37 27 11 7 2 2 23 7 12 3 1 8 14 20 10 33
9 Hirnyk-Sport 23 9 5 9 34 33 12 4 2 6 16 16 11 5 3 3 18 17 1 32
10 Polessya 22 7 7 8 22 22 12 3 5 4 12 13 10 4 2 4 10 9 0 28
11 VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka 23 8 3 12 23 38 12 4 2 6 12 19 11 4 1 6 11 19 -15 27
12 Nyva Ternopil' 23 5 6 12 22 39 11 3 4 4 11 12 12 2 2 8 11 27 -17 21
13 Avanhard 23 5 5 13 20 38 12 3 1 8 12 22 11 2 4 5 8 16 -18 20
14 Kremin' 24 5 5 14 19 38 12 3 4 5 9 12 12 2 1 9 10 26 -19 20
15 Prykarpattia 22 4 6 12 15 31 11 3 3 5 9 11 11 1 3 7 6 20 -16 18
16 Krystal 24 2 3 19 17 50 12 1 1 10 11 26 12 1 2 9 6 24 -33 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.