With their 5 point advantage in the league table, Mariupol fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Vorskla.
It's no vacation for neither Mariupol nor Vorskla as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
For Vorskla it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.
Mariupol form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Mariupol have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.
The fans are hoping that Mariupol will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the Premier League game against Desna (placed 4th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Zorya (1-2).
Mariupol were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
There will be little rest for Mariupol after this match as they are travelling to Dnipro-1 for a Premier League game in only four days.
Mariupol are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. Mariupol's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Vorskla form and stats
Vorskla, who have the most conceded goals (22) away in Premier League, have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-0-9 (10 played). Bitter travels for Vorskla as they have lost eight games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Kolos Kovalivka match.
Vorskla won their last game, 1-0 versus Shakhtar Donetsk played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Dynamo Kyiv's place.
After this away game Vorskla return home for a Premier League game against Olimpik Donetsk. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Vorskla are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 5 goals from 10 away games. The Vorskla manager Y. Maksymov has some worries about the defense as 22 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Vorskla - Mariupol 1-1. Mariupol-Vorskla H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Mariupol two wins, Vorskla five wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 R. Fomin 4 goals |  D. Vasin 4 goals | V. Churko 3 goals |
Mariupol missing players
Vorskla missing players
| Mariupol | Vorskla | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 32 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 22 | 35 |
| 90% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 90% | 70% |
| 50% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 45% |
| 25% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 55% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 25% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 10% | 15% |
| 30% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 70% | 55% |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.3 | 4.9 |
| 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 187 | 98 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 34 | 73 | 155 |
| 71 | 40 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 28 | 58 |
| 25% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 18% | 24% |
- Mariupol has the most dropped points from leading position (11)
- Vorskla has the fewest points (3) away
- Vorskla has the fewest scored goals (14)
- Vorskla has the fewest scored goals (5) away
- Vorskla has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6)
- Vorskla has the most conceded goals (22) away
- Vorskla has the most conceded goals in the second half (22)
- Vorskla has the the worst goal difference (-17) away
- Vorskla has the the worst goal difference (-21)
- Vorskla have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Vorskla have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vorskla have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vorskla 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 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 41 | 53 |
| 2 | Zorya | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 23 | 39 |
| 4 | Desna | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 19 | 36 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 34 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -11 | 26 |
| 7 | Dnipro-1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 22 |
| 8 | Mariupol | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -14 | 22 |
| 9 | Lviv | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -17 | 19 |
| 10 | Olimpik Donetsk | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -18 | 18 |
| 11 | Vorskla | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 22 | -21 | 17 |
| 12 | Karpaty | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -19 | 12 |