Chornomorets believe to have lots of fans in for this match even though the season has been hard up to now with 11 points and a 13th spot in the Premier League table. Guests Metalist 1925 Kharkiv are in 10th place with 19 pts.
- Chornomorets have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Premier League
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
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.
Chornomorets form and stats
With 1 Premier League win, 3 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Chornomorets are certainly not brimming with confidence. Chornomorets has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Y. Moroz and the players.
Chornomorets faced defeat in their previous match, away at Dnipro-1 (1-3).
Preceding that match was the home game against Desna that was lost 0-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Chornomorets have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost three.
The Chornomorets fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Chornomorets have conceded 21 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv form and stats
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-1-6 (9 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Inhulets was the last time a defeat was avoided.
The attacking players of Metalist have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 444 minutes.
Metalist failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Kolos Kovalivka (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 0-1.
A 0-2 defeat away at Rukh Vynnyky before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Metalist playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were two Metalist 1925 Kharkiv wins, two draws and four defeats.
Goals are few and far between in Metalist's away league games. Only 4 goals from 9 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: Metalist 1925 Kharkiv - Chornomorets 3-2. Stats for the former five meetings between these two contenders are: two wins for Chornomorets, two draws and one win for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Avagimian 4 goals |  M. Conceição Oliveira 4 goals | V. Vanat 3 goals |
Chornomorets missing players
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv missing players
| Chornomorets | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 39 | 21 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 94% |
| 82% | 78% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 76% |
| 71% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 22% | 41% |
| 41% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 24% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 59% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 22% | 35% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 11% | 18% |
| 41% | 44% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 78% | 53% |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6 | 4.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.2 | 10.6 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 6.8 | 7.1 |
| 4.1 | 3.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 26% | 29% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 22% | 33% |
| 14.4 | 15.4 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.1 | 11.1 |
| 6.5 | 6.8 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5 | 5 |
- Chornomorets have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Chornomorets have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Chornomorets have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have scored away.
- Chornomorets have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Premier League
- Chornomorets haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 38 | 44 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 38 | 44 |
| 3 | Dnipro-1 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 37 |
| 4 | Zorya | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 35 |
| 5 | Vorskla | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 32 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Desna | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 8 | Veres | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 9 | Kolos Kovalivka | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 21 |
| 10 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 19 |
| 11 | Rukh Vynnyky | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 17 |
| 12 | Lviv | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 16 |
| 13 | Chornomorets | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -21 | 11 |
| 14 | Inhulets | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 10 |
| 15 | Minai | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 | -17 | 10 |
| 16 | Mariupol | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -20 | 8 |