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

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sat 22.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: NSK Olimpijs'kyj (70050 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Dynamo Kyiv fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Vorskla's 11th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Dynamo Kyiv are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Vorskla are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Dynamo Kyiv form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Dynamo Kyiv at their home stadium (NSK Olimpijs'kyj) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Dynamo Kyiv enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Desna's place. The match ended 1-0 with Viktor Tsygankov scoring. A strong away win before that one, visiting Desna and winning 1-0.

It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Dynamo Kyiv have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 13 games found in the database showing ten Dynamo Kyiv wins, two draws and one defeat.

The Dynamo Kyiv fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, Dynamo Kyiv have conceded only 8 goals.

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Vorskla form and stats

Vorskla, who have the most conceded goals (20) away in Premier League, have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-0-8 (9 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Vorskla, having lost seven matches in a row as the visiting team.

Vorskla won their last game, 2-1 versus Karpaty played at home. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Karpaty.

Vorskla are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 13 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were five wins, zero draws and eight defeats. Of the defeats, five games were lost by at least two goals margin.

Goals are few and far between in Vorskla's away league games. Only 4 goals from 9 travels. Vorskla have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Vorskla - Dynamo Kyiv 0-5 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Dynamo Kyiv won seven, Vorskla won one and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Dynamo KyivA. Besedin
A. Besedin
8 goals
Dynamo KyivV. Tsygankov
V. Tsygankov
7 goals
Dynamo KyivB. Verbič
B. Verbič
6 goals

Dynamo Kyiv missing players

Vorskla missing players

Dynamo Kyiv Vorskla
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 3 9 18
11 4 1 Won W 0 1 4
3 2 2 Drew D 0 0 2
4 3 0 Lost L 3 8 12
36 15 6 Scored S 0 4 12
12 8 2 Conceded C 10 20 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 72%
56% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 56% 44%
28% 11% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 22% 22%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
39% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 11% 28%
56% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 11%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 78% 61%
 
5.8 6.9 8.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3.3 5.1
4.6 3.8 1.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5 5.1
2.4 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.2 3.2
4 3 2 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
294 149 51 Total Shots T S 13 68 139
119 58 20 Shots on Target S O 5 24 52
30% 26% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 23%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Dynamo Kyiv have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Dynamo Kyiv have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Dynamo Kyiv have scored more than double the goals of Vorskla.
  • Dynamo Kyiv haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vorskla has the fewest points (3) away
  • Vorskla has the fewest scored goals (12)
  • Vorskla has the fewest scored goals (4) away
  • Vorskla has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5)
  • Vorskla has the most conceded goals (20) away
  • Vorskla has the the worst goal difference (-16) away
  • Vorskla has the the worst goal difference (-21)
  • Vorskla have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Vorskla have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vorskla have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Vorskla 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 Shakhtar Donetsk 18 16 2 0 50 9 9 8 1 0 30 5 9 8 1 0 20 4 41 50
2 Dynamo Kyiv 18 11 3 4 36 12 9 4 2 3 15 8 9 7 1 1 21 4 24 36
3 Zorya 18 10 4 4 34 16 9 4 3 2 15 8 9 6 1 2 19 8 18 34
4 Desna 18 10 3 5 29 13 9 3 3 3 7 5 9 7 0 2 22 8 16 33
5 Oleksandria 18 10 3 5 23 17 9 7 0 2 16 9 9 3 3 3 7 8 6 33
6 Mariupol 18 5 7 6 17 26 9 3 4 2 9 10 9 2 3 4 8 16 -9 22
7 Kolos Kovalivka 18 6 2 10 18 31 9 4 1 4 12 14 9 2 1 6 6 17 -13 20
8 Dnipro-1 18 5 3 10 18 28 9 4 0 5 11 13 9 1 3 5 7 15 -10 18
9 Olimpik Donetsk 18 5 3 10 16 32 9 2 1 6 8 20 9 3 2 4 8 12 -16 18
10 Lviv 18 4 3 11 14 32 9 2 1 6 6 15 9 2 2 5 8 17 -18 15
11 Vorskla 18 4 2 12 12 33 9 3 2 4 8 13 9 1 0 8 4 20 -21 14
12 Karpaty 18 2 5 11 15 33 9 1 2 6 7 18 9 1 3 5 8 15 -18 11

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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.