Season ticket holders at Kolos Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Kolos Kovalivka languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Dnipro-1 will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kolos Kovalivka and Dnipro-1.
Kolos Kovalivka form and stats
3-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Kolos Kovalivka so far this season. Kolos Kovalivka has recorded two wins in a row here at Kolos Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Kolos Kovalivka's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Dnipro-1 (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Heartbreak before that as Kolos Kovalivka lost 0-1 at Vorskla's place.
As mentioned above, Kolos Kovalivka "killed" Dnipro-1 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
This is expected to be a close game, with Kolos Kovalivka perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kolos Kovalivka as a small favourite), we find six games. Kolos Kovalivka has won 3 of these, drawn 0 and lost 3.
Kolos Kovalivka are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 8 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.
Dnipro-1 form and stats
There's been little loot from Dnipro-1's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Premier League. Dnipro-1 only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
Dnipro-1 play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-4 to Kolos Kovalivka (placed 9th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Lviv.
Dnipro-1 lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dnipro-1 playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were {2 Dnipro-1 wins}, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Dnipro-1 have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Kolos Kovalivka - Dnipro-1 4-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Kolos Kovalivka 1 win, 1 draw and Dnipro-1 2 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 D. Kostyshyn 3 goals |  Y. Smyrnyi 3 goals |
Kolos Kovalivka missing players
Dnipro-1 missing players
| Kolos Kovalivka | Dnipro-1 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 16 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 26 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 82% |
| 53% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| 24% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 24% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 35% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 41% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 11% | 24% |
| 41% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 35% |
| 3.9 | 4 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| 6.6 | 5.9 | 8.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 142 | 67 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 53 | 125 |
| 59 | 26 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 19 | 52 |
| 25% | 42% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 37% | 33% |
- Dnipro-1 has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
- Dnipro-1 has the most matches under the total-line (11)
- Dnipro-1 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Dnipro-1 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | 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 | Zorya | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 31 |
| 4 | Desna | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 30 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 27 |
| 6 | Dnipro-1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 18 |
| 7 | Mariupol | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 18 |
| 8 | Olimpik Donetsk | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -15 | 18 |
| 9 | Kolos Kovalivka | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -16 | 17 |
| 10 | Karpaty | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -13 | 11 |
| 11 | Lviv | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -19 | 11 |
| 12 | Vorskla | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -19 | 11 |