Kolos Kovalivka favourites for feisty fight facing Mariupol

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Wed 29.July
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: NSK Olimpijs'kyj (70050 seats)

Kolos Kovalivka and Mariupol have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Premier League.

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.

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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). Kovalivka has recorded two wins in a row here at NSK Olimpijs'kyj, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Kovalivka's last game was hosting Dnipro-1 and winning 4-1. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Dynamo Kyiv.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kolos Kovalivka handle that role? We have found one game in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, zero draws and zero defeats.

The Kolos Kovalivka fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. Kovalivka have conceded 19 from these games.

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Mariupol form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mariupol so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-6 (win-draw-lose). It’s been three wins in a row for Mariupol on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Two travels in a row for Mariupol, whose manager O. Babych could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Oleksandria. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Lviv.

Oleksii Kashchuk came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Oleksandria last time out, making the manager O. Babych feel like a tactical genius.

Mariupol are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of three matches.

The attacking power of Mariupol when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. The Mariupol manager O. Babych has some worries about the defense as 23 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Mariupol - Kolos Kovalivka 2-0. Kovalivka-Mariupol H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Kolos Kovalivka one win, Mariupol four wins, one draw. three of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Kolos KovalivkaV. Lysenko
V. Lysenko
6 goals
MariupolR. Fomin
R. Fomin
6 goals
KovalivkaY. Smyrnyi
Y. Smyrnyi
5 goals

Kolos Kovalivka missing players

Mariupol missing players

Kolos Kovalivka Mariupol
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 17 4 Played P 4 16 31
11 8 3 Won W 1 5 11
2 1 1 Drew D 0 4 9
20 8 0 Lost L 3 7 11
37 25 11 Scored S 3 16 36
60 26 3 Conceded C 9 29 47
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
82% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 84%
55% 59% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 58%
27% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 23%
18% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
45% 47% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 55%
18% 24% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 26%
39% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 26%
 
4.4 3.9 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.5 4.9
6 6 9.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.8 7
3 2.9 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.7 2.7
10 3 0 Red cards R C 4 6 9
 
331 163 49 Total Shots T S 29 134 279
132 62 22 Shots on Target S O 15 54 114
27% 39% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 30% 32%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Kolos Kovalivka has the fewest points from losing position (3)
  • Kolos Kovalivka has the most conceded goals in the second half (36)
  • 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.
  • Mariupol have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mariupol is in the best form (5-0-1)

  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

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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.