The league table in Premier League tells a story about these teams so far, with Desna leading Inhulets by 12 points. Match preview to follow:
- Desna have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Inhulets have yet to win a game away.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Desna form and stats
17 points is a decent return from 8 Premier League games here at Chernihiv Arena for Desna. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
The spoils were shared in Desna's previous game, also at home. Visiting Dynamo Kyiv (placed 1st) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Zorya (1-2).
A decent goal production from Desna in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Desna have conceded only 6 goals.
Inhulets form and stats
Inhulets have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 0-3-3 (6 played).
Inhulets's last game was the home draw against Vorskla (2-2). Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Dnipro-1's place.
Inhulets are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Inhulets's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Inhulets - Desna 1-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - two - zero (Desna wins - draws - Inhulets wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Budkivskyi 6 goals | A. Totovytsky 5 goals |   M. Bartulović 5 goals |
Desna missing players
Inhulets missing players
| Desna | Inhulets | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 24 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 93% |
| 73% | 62% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 93% |
| 33% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 27% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 7% |
| 53% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 7% |
| 20% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 12.1 | 12.4 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.8 | 11 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 32% | 41% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 33% |
- Desna have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Desna have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Desna have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Inhulets have scored away.
- Desna haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Inhulets have yet to win a game 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 | Dynamo Kyiv | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 33 |
| 3 | Zorya | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 26 |
| 4 | Desna | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Vorskla | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 22 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 | Kolos Kovalivka | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Olimpik Donetsk | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | Mariupol | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 16 |
| 10 | Inhulets | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
| 11 | Lviv | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -19 | 12 |
| 12 | Dnipro-1 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 11 |
| 13 | Rukh Vynnyky | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -13 | 10 |
| 14 | Minai | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -18 | 10 |