Struggling Karpaty will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Desna in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Desna are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Karpaty form and stats
With 1 Premier League win, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Karpaty are certainly not brimming with confidence. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts. Game days at Arena Lviv have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Karpaty as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
The Karpaty crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-6 to Desna here at Arena Lviv in a Premier League match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Zorya (0-2).
Karpaty were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Karpaty here at Arena Lviv in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). Karpaty have conceded 18 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Desna form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (22) away in Premier League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Premier League.
Two travels in a row for Desna, whose manager O. Ryabokon could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Karpaty. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Oleksandria.
As mentioned above, Desna was the only team on the pitch versus Karpaty in their previous game, winning 6-2. This could be a tougher task.
The Desna manager O. Ryabokon has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 9 league matches. Desna are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Karpaty - Desna 2-6. Last six meetings between the teams: Karpaty won 1, Desna won 3 and 2 draws. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Filippov 9 goals |  D. Khlyobas 7 goals |   E. Nazaryna 5 goals |
Karpaty missing players
Desna missing players
| Karpaty | Desna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 22 | 29 |
| 31 | 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 88% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 82% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 65% |
| 53% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 41% |
| 18% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 18% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 22% | 12% |
| 53% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 35% |
| 12% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 53% |
| 47% | 44% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 24% |
| 4.9 | 6.4 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 163 | 91 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 101 | 202 |
| 57 | 32 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 49 | 81 |
| 25% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 45% | 36% |
- Desna has the most scored goals (22) away
- Desna have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Desna have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Desna have scored more than double the goals of Karpaty.
- Desna haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Karpaty have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Karpaty have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Karpaty have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Karpaty is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 40 | 47 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 33 |
| 3 | Desna | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 17 | 33 |
| 4 | Zorya | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 31 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 20 |
| 7 | Mariupol | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 19 |
| 8 | Dnipro-1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 18 |
| 9 | Olimpik Donetsk | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -15 | 18 |
| 10 | Lviv | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -19 | 12 |
| 11 | Karpaty | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -17 | 11 |
| 12 | Vorskla | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 20 | -22 | 11 |