In total; 26 matches have been played and Chornomorets are 3 points on top of Minai. What happens today?
- Minai have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Premier League
These teams have little in common geographically as Minai have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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
Chornomorets's struggle is real here at Stadion Chornomorets with only 10 points collected from 13 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-7.
Happy days for Chornomorets in their previous game, a fixture away at Dynamo Kyiv (placed 4th) that ended with a 3-2 victory.
Ahead of that match, Chornomorets lost 1-2 at home to Dnipro-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Chornomorets perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Chornomorets as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Chornomorets has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Some stats: A review of the 12 latest league games shows that 10 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
Chornomorets aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Chornomorets in the league, with only {11 goals} from 13 games. Chornomorets have conceded 18 in these home matches.
Minai form and stats
There's been little loot from Minai's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the Premier League. Minai only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws.
Minai might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Dnipro-1 proved too strong as Minai slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion Mynai (Mynai).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Vorskla.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Minai playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 4 Minai wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
A tale of few goals? 10 of this team's last 11 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Minai as they have only managed to score 9 times from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Minai have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Chornomorets and Minai have duelled earlier this season: Minai - Chornomorets 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Chornomorets one win, two draws and Minai one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Alefirenko 8 goals |  E. Tverdokhlib 5 goals | V. Ermakov 3 goals |
Chornomorets missing players
Minai missing players
| Chornomorets | Minai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 30 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 36 | 18 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 29 |
| 92% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 96% |
| 73% | 69% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 58% |
| 54% | 46% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 23% | 19% |
| 27% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 58% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 46% | 46% |
| 19% | 23% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 23% | 23% |
| 31% | 46% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 35% |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 7.1 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 6.2 | 6.7 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 37% | 28% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| 10.3 | 10 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 11.4 | 10.4 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
- Minai have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Minai have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Premier League
- Minai have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Premier League
| 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 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 60 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 42 | 63 |
| 2 | Dnipro-1 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 57 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 36 | 61 |
| 3 | Zorya | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 57 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 29 | 58 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 50 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 26 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 42 |
| 6 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 35 |
| 7 | Vorskla | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -4 | 33 |
| 8 | Kolos Kovalivka | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 33 |
| 9 | Chornomorets | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | -6 | 29 |
| 10 | Veres | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | -7 | 27 |
| 11 | Inhulets | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 27 |
| 12 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -19 | 27 |
| 13 | Minai | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -10 | 26 |
| 14 | Rukh Vynnyky | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -10 | 24 |
| 15 | Metal Kharkiv | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -23 | 22 |
| 16 | Lviv | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 23 | -28 | 13 |
