Premier League preview: Can Desna edge out victory against Lviv?

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Desna and Lviv.

Desna form and stats

Desna's first home game here at Stadion im. Yuriya Haharina ended with defeat. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from five matches.

Desna's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Lviv. Heartbreak before that as Desna lost 0-3 at Chornomorets's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Desna handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W0-D0-L4.

At Stadion im. Yuriya Haharina, Desna has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 fixture.

Last season, Desna's league statistics were 12 wins, 5 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Persha Liga. Over these 32 matches they scored 35 goals and conceded 41. Playing at home last season Desna managed 3-0-2 (win-draw-lost) with 7 goals and 7 conceded.

Lviv form and stats

Only one away game so far for Lviv and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 victory, 0 draws and 4 losses from five travels.

Two travels in a row for Lviv, whose manager B. Blavatskyy could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Desna. Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Shakhtar Donetsk.

Lviv are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of five matches.

Lviv has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.

Let's have a look at how Lviv performed last season in the Second League: Group A: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 10 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 0 and lost 4 with 3/11 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Desna - Lviv 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Desna 3 wins, 1 draw and Lviv 5 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

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Desna missing players

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