Delightful dogfight as daring Desna duels with determined Vorskla

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sun 06.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Desna and Vorskla are both riding high in the Premier League with their 4th and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Desna has the most points from losing position (6) in Premier League
  • Vorskla has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premier League

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Ukrainian Cup game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Ahrobiznes Volochysk. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Desna form and stats

3-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Desna so far this season.

The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Kolos Kovalivka (placed 5th) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 1-1. Before that game, the home loss against Lviv with the scoreline 0-1.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Desna matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, zero draws and two defeats (from two games).

The Desna fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. On the other hand, Desna have conceded 5 goals.

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Vorskla form and stats

The visitors are W2-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

Vorskla lost away at Ahrobiznes Volochysk (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. It was a Premier League defeat before that one as the away game against Dynamo Kyiv wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Vorskla when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning two games.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Vorskla as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Desna, three draws and four wins for Vorskla. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.

Top Goalscorers

DesnaP. Budkivskyi
P. Budkivskyi
5 goals
DesnaA. Totovytsky
A. Totovytsky
4 goals
VorsklaV. Kulach
V. Kulach
4 goals

Desna missing players

Vorskla missing players

Desna Vorskla
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 2 7 11
4 3 0 Won W 0 2 5
5 1 1 Drew D 1 3 4
2 1 0 Lost L 1 2 2
15 9 2 Scored S 1 6 16
11 5 2 Conceded C 3 6 8
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 82%
73% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 64%
36% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 27%
36% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 18%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
55% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 29% 27%
27% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 55%
27% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 36%
 
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 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.6 3.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 6 6
 
12.9 14.4 12 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 7.4 8.9
4 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.6 3.7
34% 47% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 33% 39%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Desna has the most points from losing position (6) in Premier League
  • Desna have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Desna haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Vorskla has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premier League
  • Vorskla has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premier League
  • Vorskla has the most matches under the total-line (8) 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 Dynamo Kyiv 11 8 2 1 21 7 6 3 2 1 7 5 5 5 0 0 14 2 14 26
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 11 6 5 0 25 10 6 4 2 0 16 5 5 2 3 0 9 5 15 23
3 Vorskla 11 5 4 2 16 8 4 3 1 0 10 2 7 2 3 2 6 6 8 19
4 Desna 11 4 5 2 15 11 5 3 1 1 9 5 6 1 4 1 6 6 4 17
5 Kolos Kovalivka 11 4 4 3 15 13 6 2 3 1 9 5 5 2 1 2 6 8 2 16
6 Mariupol 11 4 4 3 13 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 4 3 13 15 -2 16
7 Oleksandria 11 4 3 4 18 15 7 4 2 1 15 9 4 0 1 3 3 6 3 15
8 Zorya 10 3 5 2 18 9 5 1 3 1 7 4 5 2 2 1 11 5 9 14
9 Olimpik Donetsk 10 4 1 5 16 18 6 2 1 3 10 12 4 2 0 2 6 6 -2 13
10 Inhulets 11 1 7 3 12 16 7 1 5 1 7 8 4 0 2 2 5 8 -4 10
11 Minai 10 2 3 5 7 17 6 2 1 3 4 10 4 0 2 2 3 7 -10 9
12 Dnipro-1 11 2 2 7 14 21 7 1 1 5 7 12 4 1 1 2 7 9 -7 8
13 Lviv 10 2 1 7 6 24 4 1 0 3 3 11 6 1 1 4 3 13 -18 7
14 Rukh Vynnyky 11 0 6 5 7 19 6 0 4 2 4 7 5 0 2 3 3 12 -12 6

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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.