Early betting action insinuate Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih superiority when welcoming Metal Kharkiv

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Thu 25.May
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Shakhty Zhovtneva (2700 seats)

The lights are on for Premier League and Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih - Metal Kharkiv. In this super-preview you'll find statistics, previous results, numbercrunching, tendencies and news!

Insights:
  • Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Premier League
  • Metal Kharkiv have the most conceded goals (51) in Premier League

The visiting Metal Kharkiv played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match. That game was also an away game, at Metalist 1925 Kharkiv. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih form and stats

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih have played 14 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-2-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Vorskla.

Before that, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih had a home game versus Rukh Vynnyky which ended with a victory 1-0.

There will be little rest for Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih after this match as they are travelling to Metalist 1925 Kharkiv for a Premier League game in only four days.

Kryvbas have scored {12 league goals} here from 14 matches, not a lot. Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Metal Kharkiv form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Metal Kharkiv so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-9 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

Kharkiv have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 191 minutes ago. Pryadun was the goal scorer.

Metal Kharkiv play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (placed 9th).

Preceding that, the 0-5 home loss versus Zorya.

After this away game Kharkiv return home for a Premier League game against Minai. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Metal Kharkiv when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 14 league matches away. Metal Kharkiv have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The squads have played each other already this season, with the match result Metal Kharkiv - Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0-1 registered in the official records. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Kryvbas victory, one draw and two Metal Kharkiv wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Metal KharkivM. Priadun
M. Priadun
9 goals
Kryvbas Kryvyi RihR. Debelko
R. Debelko
4 goals
Kryvbas Kryvyi RihR. Kapič
R. Kapič
4 goals

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih missing players

Metal Kharkiv missing players

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Metal Kharkiv
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 14 5 Played P 4 14 27
10 7 2 Won W 0 3 5
5 2 2 Drew D 1 2 7
12 5 1 Lost L 3 9 15
22 12 3 Scored S 2 13 26
29 13 2 Conceded C 6 25 51
89% 86% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 85%
44% 43% 20% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 63%
37% 36% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 57% 52%
15% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 33%
4% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 21% 26%
33% 29% 20% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 48%
33% 43% 60% Clean Sheets C S 25% 7% 19%
44% 43% 60% Failed to Score F T 75% 50% 48%
 
5 4.8 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.1 3.5
4.1 4 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 6.9 7.2
2.1 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 2.3
6 2 1 Red cards R C 1 4 8
 
7.5 7.2 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 5.9 6.1
2.7 2.8 1.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.6 2.6
31% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 36% 38%
 
7.6 6.6 5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 11.7 11.1
3.4 2.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.6 5.2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Premier League
  • Metal Kharkiv have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Metal Kharkiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Metal Kharkiv have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Premier League
  • Metal Kharkiv have the most conceded goals (51) in Premier League
  • Metal Kharkiv have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Premier League

  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 27 20 6 1 62 19 14 11 3 0 27 9 13 9 3 1 35 10 43 66
2 Dnipro-1 27 20 4 3 59 22 13 10 2 1 32 11 14 10 2 2 27 11 37 64
3 Zorya 27 19 4 4 59 28 14 11 3 0 35 14 13 8 1 4 24 14 31 61
4 Dynamo Kyiv 27 16 5 6 44 24 14 6 4 4 19 13 13 10 1 2 25 11 20 53
5 Oleksandria 27 10 12 5 40 35 14 6 6 2 26 20 13 4 6 3 14 15 5 42
6 Vorskla 27 10 6 11 32 35 13 6 3 4 15 12 14 4 3 7 17 23 -3 36
7 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 27 10 5 12 22 29 14 7 2 5 12 13 13 3 3 7 10 16 -7 35
8 Kolos Kovalivka 27 9 6 12 22 31 13 5 2 6 13 13 14 4 4 6 9 18 -9 33
9 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 27 6 12 9 22 39 13 4 4 5 12 23 14 2 8 4 10 16 -17 30
10 Chornomorets 27 7 8 12 30 37 14 2 4 8 11 19 13 5 4 4 19 18 -7 29
11 Minai 27 7 8 12 20 29 13 3 4 6 10 14 14 4 4 6 10 15 -9 29
12 Veres 27 7 6 14 32 40 13 2 3 8 12 20 14 5 3 6 20 20 -8 27
13 Rukh Vynnyky 27 6 9 12 28 36 14 4 6 4 19 15 13 2 3 8 9 21 -8 27
14 Inhulets 27 7 6 14 20 33 14 5 1 8 10 15 13 2 5 6 10 18 -13 27
15 Metal Kharkiv 27 5 7 15 26 51 13 2 5 6 13 26 14 3 2 9 13 25 -25 22
16 Lviv 27 3 4 20 18 48 13 2 2 9 10 23 14 1 2 11 8 25 -30 13

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.