Premier League prediction: Dynamo Kyiv should edge out Minai on their own turf

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Wed 11.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: NSK Olimpijs'kyj (70050 seats)

This promises to be another interesting encounter at NSK Olimpijs'kyj in the Premier League. Dynamo Kyiv is in 3rd position and welcome Minai in 10th place. Read all about the match here!

Dynamo have less rest than Minai in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Zorya.

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Dynamo Kyiv form and stats

The hosts won their first Premier League game here at NSK Olimpijs'kyj, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Dynamo Kyiv last season were 8 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss from 13 games.

A good away victory last time out for Dynamo, who won 2-1 against Zorya (placed 9th).

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Zorya (after extra-time).

Everyone expects Dynamo Kyiv to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found five games: four home wins, one draw and zero defeats. Dynamo Kyiv have won with at least two goals margin three times in similar situations.

Dynamo Kyiv has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Minai form and stats

Let's have a look at how Minai performed last season in the Persha Liga: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 6 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 16 and conceded 47 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 5/26 goals scored/conceded.

Minai won their last game, 1-0 versus Oleksandria played at home.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Vorskla.

The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played 17 away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with six wins, three draws and eight defeats. two games were lost by at least two goals margin.

Minai has another fixture away, a Premier League game, against Zorya in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Head 2 Head

As for the last four games between these two teams, there's four Dynamo victories, zero draws and zero Minai wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Dynamo Kyiv missing players

Minai missing players

Dynamo Kyiv Minai
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 0 1
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
6 4 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
3.5 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.5 20 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 7
6.5 9 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
46% 44% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
Dynamo Kyiv Last season Minai
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   13 26
20 8   Won W   0 4
5 4   Drew D   4 6
1 1   Lost L   9 16
59 25   Scored S   5 16
15 8   Conceded C   26 47
92% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 88%
85% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 65%
58% 54%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 54%
31% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 23%
15% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
42% 31%   BTTS BTTS   31% 35%
54% 62%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 15%
12% 23%   Failed to Score F T   69% 62%
 
6.7 6.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.7
2.2 2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.4
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.7
6 5   Red cards R C   3 6
 
11.2 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   6.8 7.1
5.6 5.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 2.6
41% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   16% 24%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vorskla 3 2 1 0 8 3 3 2 1 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7
2 Dnipro-1 3 2 1 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 5 2 4 7
3 Dynamo Kyiv 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 6
4 Desna 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
5 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 2 0 1 6 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 6
6 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
7 Oleksandria 3 2 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 6
8 Kolos Kovalivka 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 Zorya 3 1 0 2 6 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 3
10 Minai 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
11 Olimpik Donetsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Rukh Vynnyky 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 3
12 Mariupol 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 1
13 Veres 3 0 1 2 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 1
14 Lviv 3 0 1 2 2 8 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 -6 1
15 Inhulets 2 0 0 2 2 7 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -5 0
16 Chornomorets 3 0 0 3 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 6 -7 0
Last season 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 26 20 5 1 59 15 13 8 4 1 25 8 13 12 1 0 34 7 44 65
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 26 16 6 4 54 19 13 9 2 2 30 9 13 7 4 2 24 10 35 54
3 Zorya 26 15 5 6 44 22 13 8 3 2 23 10 13 7 2 4 21 12 22 50
4 Kolos Kovalivka 26 10 11 5 36 26 13 4 6 3 16 12 13 6 5 2 20 14 10 41
5 Vorskla 26 11 8 7 37 30 13 7 3 3 25 16 13 4 5 4 12 14 7 41
6 Desna 26 10 8 8 38 32 13 8 3 2 24 11 13 2 5 6 14 21 6 38
7 Dnipro-1 26 8 6 12 36 38 13 4 3 6 18 15 13 4 3 6 18 23 -2 30
8 Oleksandria 26 8 5 13 33 37 13 7 2 4 23 15 13 1 3 9 10 22 -4 29
9 Lviv 26 8 5 13 25 51 13 5 3 5 15 23 13 3 2 8 10 28 -26 29
10 Rukh Vynnyky 26 6 10 10 27 39 13 4 5 4 16 16 13 2 5 6 11 23 -12 28
11 Mariupol 26 6 8 12 27 41 13 2 3 8 14 24 13 4 5 4 13 17 -14 26
12 Inhulets 26 5 11 10 24 39 13 3 8 2 11 13 13 2 3 8 13 26 -15 26
13 Olimpik Donetsk 26 6 4 16 28 48 13 4 2 7 17 23 13 2 2 9 11 25 -20 22
14 Minai 26 4 6 16 16 47 13 4 2 7 11 21 13 0 4 9 5 26 -31 18

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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.