Evenly matched teams: Metal Kharkiv vs Veres match preview

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist (40003 seats)

This fixture features two sides dwelling in the lower parts of the Premier League, Metal Kharkiv holding 14th spot and Veres lying 11th. A good opportunity for one of the participants to boost their position.

Insights:
  • Metal Kharkiv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Veres have scored at least twice as many goals away as Metal Kharkiv have scored home.

This should be an entertaining match with lots of fun and excitement as both teams are well revitalized since they last played a game. Get ready!

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Metal Kharkiv form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Metal Kharkiv have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Kharkiv are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 296 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Malumandsoko).

In their previous game, the manager Ognjenovic led his Metal Kharkiv to a defeat away at Shakhtar Donetsk. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Kolos Kovalivka.

It should be added that a peek at the 10 latest league fixtures reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Metal Kharkiv have scored {6 league goals} here from 9 matches, not a lot. Kharkiv have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Veres form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Veres are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Rukh Vynnyky (placed 13th).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Veres have scored 14 goals in 11 league games away. As opposed to that, Veres have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The latest head to head encounter ended Veres - Metal Kharkiv 1-2, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Metal KharkivM. Priadun
M. Priadun
6 goals
VeresD. Klots
D. Klots
4 goals
Metal KharkivS. Panasenko
S. Panasenko
3 goals

Metal Kharkiv missing players

Veres missing players

Metal Kharkiv Veres
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 9 1 Played P 4 11 20
4 1 0 Won W 2 5 5
6 4 0 Drew D 2 2 4
10 4 1 Lost L 0 4 11
17 6 1 Scored S 5 14 21
28 13 2 Conceded C 2 12 28
80% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 91% 95%
55% 44% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 65%
45% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 45%
20% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 30%
15% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 10%
50% 44% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 50%
20% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 15%
50% 56% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 40%
 
3.5 3.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.8 4.5
7 7.2 8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5 5.5
2.2 2.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.5 2.5
6 2 0 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
6.2 6.1 10 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 7.2 7.4
2.5 2.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.5 3.4
33% 27% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 36% 31%
 
10.4 9.1 14 Shots against (avg) S A 6.2 6.9 7.1
5 4.3 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.8 2.9 3.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Metal Kharkiv have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Metal Kharkiv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Veres have scored at least twice as many goals away as Metal Kharkiv have scored 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 19 14 4 1 48 14 11 8 3 0 22 8 8 6 1 1 26 6 34 46
2 Dnipro-1 18 13 3 2 37 13 8 6 1 1 16 5 10 7 2 1 21 8 24 42
3 Zorya 20 12 4 4 42 26 9 6 3 0 24 12 11 6 1 4 18 14 16 40
4 Dynamo Kyiv 20 12 3 5 29 16 12 6 3 3 16 9 8 6 0 2 13 7 13 39
5 Oleksandria 18 8 7 3 32 25 10 6 3 1 23 13 8 2 4 2 9 12 7 31
6 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 20 8 4 8 17 22 10 5 2 3 7 8 10 3 2 5 10 14 -5 28
7 Kolos Kovalivka 19 6 6 7 15 20 9 4 2 3 9 7 10 2 4 4 6 13 -5 24
8 Vorskla 20 6 5 9 23 28 10 4 3 3 10 8 10 2 2 6 13 20 -5 23
9 Inhulets 19 6 4 9 19 23 9 4 0 5 9 10 10 2 4 4 10 13 -4 22
10 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 19 4 9 6 17 31 10 3 2 5 10 23 9 1 7 1 7 8 -14 21
11 Veres 20 5 4 11 21 28 9 0 2 7 7 16 11 5 2 4 14 12 -7 19
12 Chornomorets 19 4 7 8 18 25 10 1 4 5 7 15 9 3 3 3 11 10 -7 19
13 Rukh Vynnyky 19 4 6 9 19 29 10 2 4 4 12 13 9 2 2 5 7 16 -10 18
14 Metal Kharkiv 20 4 6 10 17 28 9 1 4 4 6 13 11 3 2 6 11 15 -11 18
15 Minai 20 4 6 10 14 25 9 1 3 5 6 12 11 3 3 5 8 13 -11 18
16 Lviv 18 3 4 11 13 28 9 2 2 5 9 16 9 1 2 6 4 12 -15 13

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.