Kolos Kovalivka will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 16 points behind Desna.
Kolos Kovalivka and Desna should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Kolos Kovalivka is in the 6th league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Desna are staying put at 4th place whatever happens for the rest of the season.
Kolos Kovalivka form and stats
Kolos Kovalivka have played 11 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-5 (wins-draws-losses).
Kolos Kovalivka's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 3-4 versus Shakhtar Donetsk. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Dynamo Kyiv.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
A decent goal production from Kolos Kovalivka in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Kolos Kovalivka defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Desna form and stats
Desna have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 8-0-3 from 11 games.
Oleksandr Filippov scored in Desna's previous match, the home game against Zorya that ended 1-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Olimpik Donetsk at their stadium, the result 2-1.
A heroic performance from Desna in their game against Zorya last time out. Things got complicated when Oleksiy Gutsulyak was sent off in the 21st minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 1-0 victory!
Desna have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 24 goals from 11 away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Kolos Kovalivka - Desna 2-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Kolos Kovalivka three wins, one draw and Desna three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Filippov 12 goals | D. Khlyobas 7 goals |  Y. Smyrnyi 5 goals |
Kolos Kovalivka missing players
Desna missing players
| Kolos Kovalivka | Desna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 25 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 24 | 36 |
| 39 | 19 | 11 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 82% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 59% |
| 59% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 41% |
| 27% | 36% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 18% |
| 14% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 9% |
| 45% | 55% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 45% | 32% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 36% | 50% |
| 36% | 18% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 27% |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 5.6 | 5.1 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 198 | 88 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 116 | 246 |
| 81 | 33 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 55 | 95 |
| 30% | 48% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 44% | 38% |
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Kolos Kovalivka has the most matches over the total-line (13)
- Kolos Kovalivka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kolos Kovalivka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 45 | 59 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 27 | 45 |
| 3 | Zorya | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 43 |
| 4 | Desna | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 21 | 42 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -14 | 26 |
| 7 | Dnipro-1 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -8 | 25 |
| 8 | Mariupol | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 23 | -14 | 25 |
| 9 | Lviv | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -19 | 20 |
| 10 | Vorskla | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 25 | -23 | 20 |
| 11 | Olimpik Donetsk | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -20 | 18 |
| 12 | Karpaty | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -23 | 13 |