Soccer betting preview: Dnipro-1 welcomes Oleksandria in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Mon 08.March
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dnipro Arena (31003 seats)

Dnipro-1 hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 15 points and a 10th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Oleksandria holds 6th place with 22 pts.

Insights:
  • Dnipro-1 have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Premier League
  • Oleksandria haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Dnipro-1 form and stats

Dnipro-1's struggle is real here at Dnipro Arena with only 7 points collected from 8 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-5.

Dnipro-1 drew their last game, also a home match. Oleksandria (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) (placed 6th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Before that, Dnipro-1 played out a Premier League draw 2-2 when visiting Mariupol.

The hometeam coach I. Jovičević made a successful contribution in the game against Oleksandria (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties), bringing on S. Buletsa who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

Dnipro-1 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Dnipro-1 defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Oleksandria form and stats

Oleksandria have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-2-4 (7 played).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Dnipro-1 (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) (placed 10th) in their previous outing. The Ukrainian Cup match ended in a draw 1-1. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Vorskla's place.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Oleksandria as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Oleksandria in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Oleksandria - Dnipro-1 4-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Dnipro-1 two wins, two draws and Oleksandria three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Dnipro-1O. Nazarenko
O. Nazarenko
4 goals
Dnipro-1A. Dovbyk
A. Dovbyk
3 goals
Dnipro-1O. Khoblenko
O. Khoblenko
3 goals

Dnipro-1 missing players

Oleksandria missing players

Dnipro-1 Oleksandria
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 4 Played P 1 7 16
4 2 0 Won W 0 1 6
3 1 1 Drew D 0 2 4
9 5 3 Lost L 1 4 6
22 9 4 Scored S 0 6 24
30 12 9 Conceded C 1 10 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
94% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 69%
62% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 44%
50% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 38%
19% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 25%
69% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 50%
19% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 25%
12% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 100% 29% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.8 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.4 3.1
3 2 2 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
12.1 11.2 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.7 9.8
4.1 4.2 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.6 4.1
34% 26% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 24% 37%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Dnipro-1 have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Premier League
  • Dnipro-1 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Oleksandria haven’t played a single 0-0 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 16 11 4 1 33 13 8 4 3 1 12 8 8 7 1 0 21 5 20 37
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 16 9 6 1 35 12 9 6 2 1 23 7 7 3 4 0 12 5 23 33
3 Zorya 15 8 5 2 27 11 7 3 3 1 12 6 8 5 2 1 15 5 16 29
4 Desna 16 7 6 3 23 14 9 6 2 1 16 6 7 1 4 2 7 8 9 27
5 Vorskla 16 6 7 3 23 14 6 4 2 0 14 4 10 2 5 3 9 10 9 25
6 Oleksandria 16 6 4 6 24 21 9 5 2 2 18 11 7 1 2 4 6 10 3 22
7 Kolos Kovalivka 16 5 7 4 21 18 9 2 5 2 11 8 7 3 2 2 10 10 3 22
8 Olimpik Donetsk 15 5 2 8 22 27 9 3 2 4 14 16 6 2 0 4 8 11 -5 17
9 Mariupol 16 4 5 7 16 23 4 0 1 3 3 6 12 4 4 4 13 17 -7 17
10 Dnipro-1 16 4 3 9 22 30 8 2 1 5 9 12 8 2 2 4 13 18 -8 15
11 Rukh Vynnyky 16 2 7 7 15 27 8 1 5 2 9 9 8 1 2 5 6 18 -12 13
12 Minai 15 3 4 8 12 29 8 3 1 4 7 13 7 0 3 4 5 16 -17 13
13 Inhulets 16 1 9 6 15 27 9 1 6 2 9 13 7 0 3 4 6 14 -12 12
14 Lviv 15 3 3 9 11 33 7 1 1 5 5 18 8 2 2 4 6 15 -22 12

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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.