Metal Kharkiv vs Kolos Kovalivka match preview: Even contest expected at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist (40003 seats)

Kolos Kovalivka know they face a strenuous trip to Metal Kharkiv and their Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist. This news article has all the knowledge you need ahead of the fixture.

Insights:
  • Metal Kharkiv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Kolos Kovalivka have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) 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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Metal Kharkiv form and stats

With 1 Premier League win, 3 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Metal Kharkiv are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The home club members saw a 0-0 draw versus Oleksandria last time out and are looking for a win here.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Inhulets (1-2).

Kharkiv aren't scoring a lot here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist in the league, with only {6 goals} from 8 games. Metal Kharkiv have conceded 13 from these games.

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Kolos Kovalivka form and stats

There's been little loot from Kolos Kovalivka's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Premier League. Kolos Kovalivka only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Minai with 0-1 on the scoreboard.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Rukh Vynnyky.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kolos Kovalivka as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Kovalivka have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The participants have met each other already this season, with the match result Kolos Kovalivka - Metal Kharkiv 1-0 entered in the official records. Kharkiv-Kolos Kovalivka H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Metal Kharkiv one win, Kolos Kovalivka one win, zero draws. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Metal KharkivM. Priadun
M. Priadun
6 goals
Kolos KovalivkaP. Orikhovskyi
P. Orikhovskyi
5 goals
Metal KharkivS. Panasenko
S. Panasenko
3 goals

Metal Kharkiv missing players

Kolos Kovalivka missing players

Metal Kharkiv Kolos Kovalivka
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 4 Played P 3 9 18
4 1 1 Won W 2 2 6
5 3 2 Drew D 1 3 5
9 4 1 Lost L 0 4 7
17 6 4 Scored S 3 6 15
27 13 4 Conceded C 1 13 20
83% 75% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
61% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 56% 56%
50% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 28%
22% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 17%
17% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
56% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 33%
17% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 44%
44% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 33%
 
3.6 3.6 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.7 3.5
7.1 7.1 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.9 3.8
2.3 2.5 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.3 2.9
6 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.4 6.9 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.7 5.3 5.9
2.7 2.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 1.7 2.2
35% 27% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 40% 38%
 
10.8 10.2 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.7 7
5.3 4.9 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.1 3.2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Kolos Kovalivka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Kolos Kovalivka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kolos Kovalivka have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premier League
  • Metal Kharkiv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.

  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 13 3 1 45 12 10 7 3 0 21 8 7 6 0 1 24 4 33 42
2 Dnipro-1 17 12 3 2 34 13 8 6 1 1 16 5 9 6 2 1 18 8 21 39
3 Zorya 18 11 4 3 39 25 8 5 3 0 21 12 10 6 1 3 18 13 14 37
4 Dynamo Kyiv 18 10 3 5 25 16 11 5 3 3 14 9 7 5 0 2 11 7 9 33
5 Oleksandria 17 7 7 3 29 25 9 5 3 1 20 13 8 2 4 2 9 12 4 28
6 Kolos Kovalivka 18 6 5 7 15 20 9 4 2 3 9 7 9 2 3 4 6 13 -5 23
7 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 18 6 4 8 14 21 9 4 2 3 6 8 9 2 2 5 8 13 -7 22
8 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 18 4 9 5 17 28 9 3 2 4 10 20 9 1 7 1 7 8 -11 21
9 Vorskla 18 5 5 8 22 25 9 3 3 3 9 8 9 2 2 5 13 17 -3 20
10 Inhulets 17 5 4 8 17 21 9 4 0 5 9 10 8 1 4 3 8 11 -4 19
11 Veres 18 5 3 10 20 26 8 0 2 6 6 14 10 5 1 4 14 12 -6 18
12 Chornomorets 18 4 6 8 16 23 9 1 3 5 5 13 9 3 3 3 11 10 -7 18
13 Minai 18 4 6 8 13 21 8 1 3 4 5 10 10 3 3 4 8 11 -8 18
14 Rukh Vynnyky 17 4 5 8 19 26 9 2 3 4 12 13 8 2 2 4 7 13 -7 17
15 Metal Kharkiv 18 4 5 9 17 27 8 1 3 4 6 13 10 3 2 5 11 14 -10 17
16 Lviv 17 3 4 10 13 26 8 2 2 4 9 14 9 1 2 6 4 12 -13 13

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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.