Can Kolos Kovalivka beat Zorya in Obolon' Arena clash?

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sun 21.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Obolon' Arena (5100 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Kolos Kovalivka have their presumed home advantage while Zorya are ahead 6 points in the Premier League table.

Insights:
  • Zorya is in the best form (5-0-1)

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Kolos Kovalivka form and stats

2 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Kolos Kovalivka have to build on here at Obolon' Arena in the Premier League.

Kovalivka are returning here after visiting Mariupol in a Premier League game and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Vyacheslav Churko, Denys Kostyshyn, Evgen Novak and Volodymyr Lysenko scored the goal(s). Preceding that game was the away draw at Inhulets that finished 0-0.

The Kovalivka fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Kovalivka have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Zorya form and stats

Zorya's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Zorya, who have the most clean sheets (5) away in Premier League, collect 17 points from their 8 away matches in the Premier League. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Desna game have they lost an away game, meaning Zorya has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Home advantage was not enough for Zorya in their previous game, as they lost their Premier League-match, hosting Dynamo Kyiv, 0-2. That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Lviv.

Zorya has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 8 games. It's not easy to score on Zorya as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Zorya - Kovalivka 1-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: zero - one - four (Kovalivka wins - draws - Zorya wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ZoryaO. Gladkiy
O. Gladkiy
8 goals
KovalivkaY. Seleznyov
Y. Seleznyov
5 goals
ZoryaD. Ivanisenya
D. Ivanisenya
5 goals

Kolos Kovalivka missing players

Zorya missing players

Kolos Kovalivka Zorya
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 1 8 17
6 2 0 Won W 1 5 9
8 5 2 Drew D 0 2 5
4 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
25 11 1 Scored S 2 15 31
19 8 1 Conceded C 0 5 13
83% 78% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
78% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 76%
50% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 47%
28% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 35%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
56% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 41%
39% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 62% 47%
22% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.2 2.9 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 2.5 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
10.1 12.6 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.4 11.8
3.6 3.8 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.9 5
39% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 38% 36%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Zorya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Zorya have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Zorya have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
  • Zorya have the most clean sheets (5) away in Premier League
  • Zorya haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Zorya 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 Dynamo Kyiv 18 13 4 1 38 13 9 5 3 1 15 8 9 8 1 0 23 5 25 43
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 18 11 6 1 40 12 10 7 2 1 27 7 8 4 4 0 13 5 28 39
3 Zorya 17 9 5 3 31 13 9 4 3 2 16 8 8 5 2 1 15 5 18 32
4 Desna 18 8 6 4 27 18 9 6 2 1 16 6 9 2 4 3 11 12 9 30
5 Vorskla 18 7 7 4 24 15 7 4 2 1 14 5 11 3 5 3 10 10 9 28
6 Kolos Kovalivka 18 6 8 4 25 19 9 2 5 2 11 8 9 4 3 2 14 11 6 26
7 Oleksandria 18 7 5 6 26 21 10 6 2 2 20 11 8 1 3 4 6 10 5 26
8 Dnipro-1 18 5 4 9 23 30 9 2 2 5 9 12 9 3 2 4 14 18 -7 19
9 Olimpik Donetsk 17 5 2 10 22 30 10 3 2 5 14 17 7 2 0 5 8 13 -8 17
10 Mariupol 18 4 5 9 17 28 6 0 1 5 4 11 12 4 4 4 13 17 -11 17
11 Inhulets 18 2 10 6 16 27 10 1 7 2 9 13 8 1 3 4 7 14 -11 16
12 Rukh Vynnyky 17 2 7 8 15 31 9 1 5 3 9 13 8 1 2 5 6 18 -16 13
13 Minai 17 3 4 10 12 33 9 3 1 5 7 14 8 0 3 5 5 19 -21 13
14 Lviv 16 3 3 10 11 37 7 1 1 5 5 18 9 2 2 5 6 19 -26 12

Read more about Premier League

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.