Running out at their own ground is comfortable and friendly for Metal Kharkiv, but Oleksandria are fully set and able to go home as winners. What happens?
- Metal Kharkiv is in the worst form (0-1-5)
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.
Metal Kharkiv form and stats
Metal Kharkiv's struggle is real here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist with only 5 points collected from 7 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-4. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Kharkiv to get some points in this home game.
No payout for Metal Kharkiv in their previous match, an away game at Inhulets that ended in defeat 1-2.
Preceding that match was the home game against Rukh Vynnyky that was lost 1-2.Metal Kharkiv have scored {6 league goals} here from 7 matches, not a lot. Metal Kharkiv have conceded 13 from these games.
Oleksandria form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Oleksandria playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Oleksandria has showed their ability to avoid defeat with five draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 119 days ago, in the Zorya fixture.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Minai (placed 15th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Dnipro-1.Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's latest 10 league fixtures.
Oleksandria find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Oleksandria have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Kharkiv and Oleksandria have faced off previously this season: Oleksandria - Metal Kharkiv 1-3.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Tretyakov 7 goals |   M. Priadun 6 goals |  A. Tsurikov 5 goals |
Metal Kharkiv missing players
Oleksandria missing players
| Metal Kharkiv | Oleksandria | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 29 |
| 27 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 88% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 65% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 53% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 65% |
| 24% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 47% |
| 18% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 59% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 76% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 41% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
| 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.4 | 6.7 | 3.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 6.4 | 8.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 38% | 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 32% | 41% |
| 11.1 | 10.7 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 6.2 | 6.5 |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
- Metal Kharkiv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Metal Kharkiv is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 28 | 36 |
| 2 | Dnipro-1 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 36 |
| 3 | Zorya | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 34 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Hirnyk | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 21 |
| 7 | Kolos Kovalivka | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 20 |
| 8 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -11 | 20 |
| 9 | Inhulets | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Vorskla | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Rukh Vynnyky | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Veres | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 13 | Metal Kharkiv | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 16 |
| 14 | Chornomorets | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Minai | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | Lviv | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -13 | 12 |
