An important duel in the bottom section of the Premier League, with both Lviv and Karpaty experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 9th and the visitors in 12th place.
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.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Lviv have had a bad season and will be relegated from Premier League. Karpaty are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.
Lviv form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Lviv have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Stadion Ukrajina.
Lviv faced defeat in their previous match, away at Zorya (0-2). In the match before that, Lviv hosted Oleksandria and drew the game 1-1.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lviv have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost three.
Lviv aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Ukrajina in the league, with only 7 goals from 10 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lviv defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Karpaty form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Karpaty, who have the most conceded goals (40) in Premier League, so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-6 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Karpaty, who have now gone 14 games without a victory. The Vorskla game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Karpaty are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Karpaty failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Oleksandria (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-4. A 1-2 defeat away at Kolos Kovalivka before that.
Karpaty 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 Karpaty playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two Karpaty wins, one draw and two defeats.
The attacking power of Karpaty when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Karpaty's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Lviv and Karpaty have met before this season: Karpaty - Lviv 0-0. Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: one win for Lviv, three draws and two wins for Karpaty. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
 E. Nazaryna 5 goals |  R. de Oliveira 3 goals | R. Alves dos Santos 2 goals |
Lviv missing players
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| Lviv | Karpaty | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 35 | 16 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 40 |
| 86% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 67% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 38% | 30% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 57% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 19% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 33% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 57% |
| 24% | 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 57% | 60% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 43% |
| 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
| 5.2 | 6.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 147 | 71 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 92 | 202 |
| 69 | 33 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 34 | 74 |
| 23% | 21% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 26% | 23% |
- Karpaty has the fewest clean sheets (2)
- Karpaty has the most conceded goals (40)
- Karpaty has the most conceded goals in the first half (21)
- Karpaty have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Karpaty have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Karpaty have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Lviv has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Lviv has the fewest scored goals (7) at home
- Lviv has the most matches under the total-line (13)
- Lviv have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Lviv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 44 | 56 |
| 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 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -13 | 26 |
| 7 | Mariupol | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -11 | 25 |
| 8 | Dnipro-1 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 22 |
| 9 | Vorskla | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 25 | -23 | 20 |
| 10 | Lviv | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -19 | 19 |
| 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 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -23 | 12 |