Kolos Kovalivka will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind Desna.
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.
Kolos Kovalivka form and stats
With 2 Premier League wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Kolos Kovalivka are certainly not brimming with confidence. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Kolos Kovalivka with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Karpaty game, 56 days ago, have they avoided a loss. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Kolos Kovalivka, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The fans are hoping that Kolos Kovalivka will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Premier League game against Zorya (placed 2nd). Before that game, the home loss against Olimpik Donetsk with the scoreline 1-2.
Kolos Kovalivka have scored 6 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Kolos Kovalivka have conceded 14 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Desna form and stats
The away performances of Desna have been very solid so far with 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in the Premier League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Desna, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Desna delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Dnipro-1 (placed 9th) in their previous match; a Premier League game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Vorskla with the score of 1-0.
The Desna manager O. Ryabokon has got the team scoring on the road, with 16 away goals in 7 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Desna - Kolos Kovalivka 0-0. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's 2 Kolos Kovalivka victories, 1 draw and 3 Desna wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
O. Filippov
6 goals
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D. Khlyobas
5 goals
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D. Kostyshyn
3 goals
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Kolos Kovalivka missing players
Desna missing players
| Kolos Kovalivka | Desna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | 21 |
| 27 | 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 79% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 57% |
| 57% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 43% |
| 21% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 14% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 43% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 36% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 57% | 57% |
| 43% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 6.5 | 5.8 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 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 in all their away matches so far.
- Desna have scored more than double the goals of Kolos Kovalivka.
- Desna haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Kolos Kovalivka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- 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 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 34 | 40 |
| 2 | Zorya | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 28 |
| 3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 27 |
| 4 | Desna | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Mariupol | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 7 | Olimpik Donetsk | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -11 | 15 |
| 8 | Kolos Kovalivka | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 14 |
| 9 | Dnipro-1 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Karpaty | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 11 | Lviv | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -14 | 11 |
| 12 | Vorskla | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -19 | 8 |