The league table in Persha Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Volyn leading Metalurh Zaporizhya by 33 points. Match preview to follow:
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago. It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only two days ago in the Persha Liga.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Metalurh Zaporizhya, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
Volyn are battling for top spots and have everything to play for.
Volyn form and stats
Volyn have performed here at Stadion Avanhard this season with 10 wins from 13 Persha Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
Volyn faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ahrobiznes Volochysk (0-3).
The Volyn manager A. Tlumak has got the team scoring with 26 from 13 home games in the league. Volyn are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Avanhard in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.
Metalurh Zaporizhya form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Metalurh Zaporizhya so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-10 (win-draw-lose). A depressing seven defeats in a row for Zaporizhya in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Cherkashchyna-Akademiya.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Metalurh Zaporizhya as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. Metalurh Zaporizhya's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 22 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Metalurh Zaporizhya - Volyn 1-3 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Volyn seven wins, two draws and Metalurh Zaporizhya one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Kozhanov 15 goals | S. Haghnazari 5 goals | R. Voloshynovych 4 goals |
Volyn missing players
Metalurh Zaporizhya missing players
| Volyn | Metalurh Zaporizhya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 14 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 47 | 26 | 12 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 35 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 22 | 43 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 62% | 62% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 31% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 29% |
| 31% | 23% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 12% |
| 62% | 54% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 33% | 50% |
| 27% | 38% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 19% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 58% | 46% |
| 6.7 | 8.4 | 12.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10.5 | 7.1 | 6.2 |
| 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 195 | 111 | 72 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 31 | 106 |
| 85 | 48 | 33 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 12 | 45 |
| 39% | 38% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 25% | 22% |
- Metalurh Zaporizhya has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Metalurh Zaporizhya have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Metalurh Zaporizhya have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Metalurh Zaporizhya have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Metalurh Zaporizhya haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Volyn has the most points from losing position (15)
- Volyn has the most scored goals in the first half (21)
- Volyn have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Volyn have scored more than double the goals of Metalurh Zaporizhya.
- Volyn have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Volyn have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Volyn haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 22 | 54 |
| 2 | Minai | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 21 | 53 |
| 3 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 50 |
| 4 | Rukh Vynnyky | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 21 | 48 |
| 5 | Volyn | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 35 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 48 |
| 6 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 47 |
| 7 | Obolon'-Brovar | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 46 |
| 8 | Avanhard | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 42 |
| 9 | Hirnyk-Sport | 25 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 36 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | Chornomorets | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 34 |
| 11 | Mykolaiv | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -5 | 26 |
| 12 | Kremin' | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 49 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -16 | 26 |
| 13 | Prykarpattia | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 36 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 28 | -10 | 24 |
| 14 | Balkany Zorya | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 32 | -25 | 21 |
| 15 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 22 | -21 | 15 |
| 16 | Cherkashchyna-Akademiya | 26 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 28 | -41 | 7 |