Mariupol and Rukh Vynnyky spectators can't wait for Premier League clash at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Fri 23.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist (40003 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Mariupol are in the 9th position while the guesting Rukh Vynnyky worry at 14th.

Insights:
  • Mariupol have the fewest points (6) at home in Premier League
  • Rukh Vynnyky have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Premier League

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

These teams have little in common geographically as Rukh Vynnyky have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Mariupol are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Vynnyky are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Mariupol form and stats

With 1 Premier League win, 3 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Mariupol, who have the fewest points (6) at home in Premier League, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Olimpik Donetsk in the Premier League last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that game, the home loss against Shakhtar Donetsk with the scoreline 0-3.

Mariupol have scored 9 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.

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Rukh Vynnyky form and stats

Rukh Vynnyky have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-3-6 (10 played).

The Vynnyky goalkeeper Oleksandr Bandura is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 210 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Inhulets (placed 10th) in their previous outing. The Premier League match ended in a draw 0-0. Before that, Vynnyky secured a home win against Minai with the score 2-0.

The attacking power of Vynnyky when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 10 league matches away. The Rukh Vynnyky manager I. Fedyk has some worries about the defense as 21 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Rukh Vynnyky - Mariupol 0-0 played earlier this season. Last two meetings between the teams: Mariupol won one, Rukh Vynnyky won zero and one draw. zero games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MariupolA. Bondarenko
A. Bondarenko
7 goals
Rukh VynnykyD. Kondrakov
D. Kondrakov
4 goals
MariupolA. Kulakov
A. Kulakov
3 goals

Mariupol missing players

Rukh Vynnyky missing players

Mariupol Rukh Vynnyky
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
5 1 1 Won W 1 1 3
7 3 2 Drew D 1 3 8
10 6 0 Lost L 1 6 10
22 9 5 Scored S 3 6 17
35 18 4 Conceded C 4 21 36
86% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 70% 76%
59% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 76%
45% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 48%
32% 30% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 33%
23% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
50% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 40% 43%
23% 10% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 29%
41% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 60% 52%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.7 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.9 2.6
6 2 0 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
8.2 8.1 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 8.1 8.2
3.6 3.3 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.9 3.2
28% 27% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 21% 25%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Mariupol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mariupol have the fewest points (6) at home in Premier League
  • Mariupol have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in Premier League
  • Rukh Vynnyky have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Rukh Vynnyky have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rukh Vynnyky have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) 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 Dynamo Kyiv 22 17 4 1 46 14 11 7 3 1 20 8 11 10 1 0 26 6 32 55
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 22 13 6 3 47 16 11 7 2 2 27 8 11 6 4 1 20 8 31 45
3 Zorya 21 11 5 5 37 18 10 5 3 2 18 8 11 6 2 3 19 10 19 38
4 Vorskla 22 10 7 5 33 20 11 7 2 2 23 10 11 3 5 3 10 10 13 37
5 Desna 22 10 6 6 34 24 12 8 2 2 22 9 10 2 4 4 12 15 10 36
6 Kolos Kovalivka 22 8 10 4 29 21 11 3 6 2 13 9 11 5 4 2 16 12 8 34
7 Oleksandria 22 7 5 10 29 31 11 6 2 3 21 13 11 1 3 7 8 18 -2 26
8 Dnipro-1 22 7 5 10 31 34 10 3 2 5 14 13 12 4 3 5 17 21 -3 26
9 Mariupol 22 5 7 10 22 35 10 1 3 6 9 18 12 4 4 4 13 17 -13 22
10 Inhulets 22 3 11 8 20 33 12 2 8 2 10 13 10 1 3 6 10 20 -13 20
11 Olimpik Donetsk 21 5 3 13 24 38 11 3 2 6 15 19 10 2 1 7 9 19 -14 18
12 Minai 21 4 6 11 15 36 11 4 2 5 10 15 10 0 4 6 5 21 -21 18
13 Lviv 20 5 3 12 19 47 9 3 1 5 11 21 11 2 2 7 8 26 -28 18
14 Rukh Vynnyky 21 3 8 10 17 36 11 2 5 4 11 15 10 1 3 6 6 21 -19 17

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.