Lviv vs Metal Kharkiv pre-match guide

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sun 30.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ukrajina (34915 seats)

Lviv are banking on their home following to aid them to win this meeting with Metal Kharkiv. Who wins at Stadion Ukrajina?

Insights:
  • Lviv have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Premier League
  • Metal Kharkiv have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premier League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Lviv form and stats

Lviv have played three Premier League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 0 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. With Lviv having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Dulub.

The club members are hoping that Lviv will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against Oleksandria (placed 3rd).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Veres (1-3).

Lviv has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {9 goals} from 3 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Metal Kharkiv form and stats

Playing away, Metal Kharkiv, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premier League, have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premier League this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Metal Kharkiv in their previous game as they lost hosting Dnipro-1, 0-1.

Before that, Metal Kharkiv secured a home win against Vorskla with the score 3-2.

The travelling fans enjoy Kharkiv's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Metal KharkivM. Priadun
M. Priadun
5 goals
LvivV. Buhai
V. Buhai
2 goals
Metal KharkivO. Kaplienko
O. Kaplienko
2 goals

Lviv missing players

Metal Kharkiv missing players

Lviv Metal Kharkiv
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 3 0 Played P 1 4 8
1 0 0 Won W 1 3 4
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
5 3 0 Lost L 0 1 3
6 3 0 Scored S 2 7 12
14 9 0 Conceded C 1 4 14
88% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 75%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 62%
38% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 38%
12% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
38% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 75%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 25%
 
3 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.5 2.6
2.8 1.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 12 6.5 7
3.3 4.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.2 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
3 4.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6 5.4
1.7 2.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 2.6
20% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 58% 57%
 
6.3 9.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9.2 10.2
2.7 4.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 4.6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Lviv's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Lviv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Lviv have lost all their home matches so far.
  • Lviv have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Premier League
  • Lviv have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Premier League
  • Lviv have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Lviv have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Metal Kharkiv have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Metal Kharkiv have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Metal Kharkiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Metal Kharkiv have scored at least twice as many goals away as Lviv have scored home.
  • Metal Kharkiv have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premier League
  • Metal Kharkiv haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dnipro-1 8 7 1 0 20 4 4 3 1 0 10 2 4 4 0 0 10 2 16 22
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 7 6 1 0 16 3 5 4 1 0 9 2 2 2 0 0 7 1 13 19
3 Oleksandria 7 5 1 1 11 6 4 3 0 1 7 4 3 2 1 0 4 2 5 16
4 Zorya 8 5 1 2 17 13 3 2 1 0 8 5 5 3 0 2 9 8 4 16
5 Veres 9 4 2 3 11 10 3 0 1 2 3 5 6 4 1 1 8 5 1 14
6 Metal Kharkiv 8 4 1 3 12 14 4 1 1 2 5 10 4 3 0 1 7 4 -2 13
7 Kolos Kovalivka 7 3 2 2 5 7 4 3 1 0 4 0 3 0 1 2 1 6 -2 11
8 Dynamo Kyiv 7 3 1 3 9 10 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 1 0 2 4 6 -1 10
9 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 8 2 4 2 8 9 5 2 2 1 7 5 3 0 2 1 1 4 -1 10
10 Minai 8 2 3 3 6 7 4 0 2 2 2 4 4 2 1 1 4 3 -1 9
11 Vorskla 9 2 2 5 10 14 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 1 3 7 10 -4 8
12 Rukh Vynnyky 9 2 2 5 10 15 5 1 1 3 7 8 4 1 1 2 3 7 -5 8
13 Hirnyk 8 1 3 4 4 8 4 1 2 1 2 2 4 0 1 3 2 6 -4 6
14 Lviv 8 1 2 5 6 14 3 0 0 3 3 9 5 1 2 2 3 5 -8 5
15 Inhulets 8 0 4 4 7 11 3 0 0 3 2 5 5 0 4 1 5 6 -4 4
16 Chornomorets 7 0 2 5 5 12 4 0 1 3 2 8 3 0 1 2 2 4 -7 2

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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.