Straining Mariupol cross their fingers to pull off a small shock when they greet high-flying Dnipro-1 in the upcoming league fixture. It’s 16th vs 3rd and the home regulars will have moderate expectations.
- Mariupol have the most conceded goals (41) in Premier League
- Dnipro-1 have the most points from losing position (10) in Premier League
The visiting Dnipro-1 played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match.
Mariupol form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Mariupol have only managed 0 wins, 0 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Stadion im. Volodymyra Boyka. There have been more unhappy faces than points at this arena so far this season, with Mariupol yet to win or draw a Premier League game here. The sad story at Stadion im. Volodymyra Boyka is: Mariupol played 8 games, lost 8 games. Mariupol are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadion im. Volodymyra Boyka with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Desna match.
Mariupol drew their last game, 3-3 away at Desna (placed 7th). Opportunity lost for Mariupol in the Desna match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The 3-3 game vs Desna was a bittersweet experience for Oleksii Kashchuk. Despite scoring three goals the match ended a draw.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Lviv (0-1).Mariupol has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Mariupol having conceded 22 goals here at Stadion im. Volodymyra Boyka so far. When Mariupol hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Lviv, Rukh Vynnyky, Minai, Chornomorets and Inhulets), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.
Dnipro-1 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Mariupol.
Impressive finishing from Oleksandr Pikhalyonok, Artem Dovbyk and Danylo Ihnatenko secured the home win 3-1 against Chornomorets in their previous game.
Preceding that game was the away Ukrainian Cup victory against LNZ Cherkasy with the score of 2-0.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Dnipro-1 have scored 10 goals in 8 league games away. 9 goals have been conceded by Dnipro-1 in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have battled before this season: Dnipro-1 - Mariupol 2-1. Data for the prior eight meetings involving these two sides are: four wins for Mariupol, one draw and three wins for Dnipro-1. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Dovbyk 13 goals |   A. Kulakov 6 goals | O. Kashchuk 5 goals |
Mariupol missing players
Dnipro-1 missing players
| Mariupol | Dnipro-1 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 32 |
| 41 | 22 | 12 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 75% | 82% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 59% |
| 41% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 35% |
| 35% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 65% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 41% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 38% | 41% |
| 29% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 5 | 4.9 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8.5 | 8.4 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.3 | 10 | 13.4 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 3.9 | 5.8 |
| 37% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 32% | 32% |
| 13.5 | 13.2 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.7 | 7.8 | 7.7 |
| 5.8 | 5.1 | 6.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 3 | 2.6 |
- Dnipro-1 have the most points from losing position (10) in Premier League
- Dnipro-1 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mariupol have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Mariupol have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Mariupol have lost all their home matches so far.
- Mariupol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mariupol have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premier League
- Mariupol have the fewest points (0) at home in Premier League
- Mariupol have the most conceded goals (22) at home in Premier League
- Mariupol have the most conceded goals (41) in Premier League
- Mariupol have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Premier League
- Mariupol have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Premier League
- Mariupol have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Premier League
- Mariupol have the the worst goal difference (-13) at home in Premier League
- Mariupol 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 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 38 | 44 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 38 | 44 |
| 3 | Dnipro-1 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 37 |
| 4 | Zorya | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 35 |
| 5 | Vorskla | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 32 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Desna | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 8 | Veres | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 9 | Kolos Kovalivka | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 21 |
| 10 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 19 |
| 11 | Rukh Vynnyky | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 17 |
| 12 | Lviv | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 16 |
| 13 | Chornomorets | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -21 | 11 |
| 14 | Inhulets | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 10 |
| 15 | Minai | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 | -17 | 10 |
| 16 | Mariupol | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -20 | 8 |