Early weight of the money suggest Desna edge versus Mariupol

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sun 05.December
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Chernihiv Arena (1000 seats)

Most would pick Desna in this game against Mariupol, but the guests will resist to the end. Here's the complete Tipsway match preview!

Insights:
  • Desna haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Mariupol have the most conceded goals (38) in Premier League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Mariupol have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Desna form and stats

Desna have played 8 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Desna, who won 1-0 against Chornomorets (placed 13th).

Before that game, the home loss against Kolos Kovalivka with the scoreline 0-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Desna's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won two matches, drawn one and lost two.

The Desna fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. Desna's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Mariupol form and stats

There's been little loot from Mariupol's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Premier League. Mariupol only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.

The manager O. Markevych was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League match played at their home ground Stadion im. Volodymyra Boyka. Mariupol suffered a 0-1 loss to Lviv (placed 12th).

A 1-5 defeat away at Vorskla before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Mariupol when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing two and winning one game.

Mariupol find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Mariupol have conceded 16 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the squads met previously this season; Mariupol - Desna 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the former ten meetings): Desna won eight games, one match ended in a draw and Mariupol got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

DesnaD. Bezborodko
D. Bezborodko
7 goals
MariupolA. Kulakov
A. Kulakov
6 goals
DesnaA. Totovytsky
A. Totovytsky
3 goals

Desna missing players

Mariupol missing players

Desna Mariupol
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 3 8 16
7 4 3 Won W 1 2 2
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
6 3 0 Lost L 2 5 13
18 10 6 Scored S 4 9 18
22 9 0 Conceded C 5 16 38
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
50% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 69%
25% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 38%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 31%
38% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 62%
38% 38% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 6%
31% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 31%
 
4.7 4.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3.4 3.3
4.4 4 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5 4.9
2.1 1.9 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.6 2.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
9.8 10.8 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.1 8.2
4.2 3.6 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3 3.2
27% 34% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 38% 35%
 
10.6 6.6 6 Shots against (avg) S A 20.3 14.4 13.8
3.9 2.5 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9.7 6.6 5.9
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Mariupol's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Desna haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Mariupol have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Mariupol have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premier League
  • Mariupol have the most conceded goals (38) in Premier League
  • Mariupol have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Premier League
  • Mariupol have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Premier League
  • Mariupol have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Premier League
  • Mariupol have the the worst goal difference (-20) in Premier League
  • Mariupol haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 16 13 2 1 43 8 8 6 1 1 21 2 8 7 1 0 22 6 35 41
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 16 13 2 1 41 8 8 7 0 1 23 6 8 6 2 0 18 2 33 41
3 Dnipro-1 16 11 1 4 29 16 8 7 0 1 19 7 8 4 1 3 10 9 13 34
4 Vorskla 16 9 4 3 29 17 10 6 3 1 22 8 6 3 1 2 7 9 12 31
5 Zorya 15 9 2 4 34 18 8 5 1 2 12 4 7 4 1 2 22 14 16 29
6 Desna 16 7 3 6 18 22 8 4 1 3 10 9 8 3 2 3 8 13 -4 24
7 Oleksandria 15 6 5 4 15 13 4 3 0 1 6 3 11 3 5 3 9 10 2 23
8 Veres 16 6 4 6 14 16 7 4 3 0 7 1 9 2 1 6 7 15 -2 22
9 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 16 6 1 9 16 26 7 4 0 3 12 13 9 2 1 6 4 13 -10 19
10 Kolos Kovalivka 16 5 3 8 11 22 9 3 1 5 7 11 7 2 2 3 4 11 -11 18
11 Rukh Vynnyky 15 4 4 7 15 20 7 3 3 1 8 6 8 1 1 6 7 14 -5 16
12 Lviv 16 4 4 8 12 23 9 1 3 5 6 15 7 3 1 3 6 8 -11 16
13 Chornomorets 16 2 5 9 17 36 9 1 3 5 9 21 7 1 2 4 8 15 -19 11
14 Minai 16 1 7 8 11 25 9 1 5 3 8 12 7 0 2 5 3 13 -14 10
15 Inhulets 15 2 4 9 11 26 7 1 2 4 5 10 8 1 2 5 6 16 -15 10
16 Mariupol 16 2 1 13 18 38 8 0 0 8 9 22 8 2 1 5 9 16 -20 7

Read more about Premier League

The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of football in Ukraine. It was created in 1991 as Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union. Twelve teams play each other twice in a 22 match regular season to create a league table. The table then splits in half resulting in a Championship round and a Relegation round, each playing ten more fixtures.