Preview: 10 points split the participants until now, Dynamo Kyiv having performed best. Will Metalist 1925 Kharkiv upset the odds?
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Dynamo Kyiv have the most scored goals (20) in Premier League
Both participants have had time to rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's wish for an enthusiastic game!
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv form and stats
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Premier League games here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist. Metalist has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager V. Kryventsov and the players.
The Metalist 1925 Kharkiv crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Dnipro-1 here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist in a Premier League match. Heartbreak for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv in their last match as Dnipro-1's O. Gutsulyak scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Vorskla (0-2).The Metalist manager V. Kryventsov has got the team scoring with 6 from 3 home games in the league. Metalist have conceded 5 from these games.
Dynamo Kyiv form and stats
Four points from two away games for Dynamo Kyiv, meaning one draw and one victory in the Premier League so far.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Dynamo goalkeeper Denys Boyko is eager to challenge this, with his 194 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The supporters enjoyed Dynamo's previous game versus Kolos Kovalivka (placed 13th), a Premier League 7-0 win played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Dynamo was very dominant against Kolos Kovalivka, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 7-0 (!) with Viktor Tsygankov (2), Carlos De Pena (2), Vitaliy Buyalskyi, Tomasz Kędziora and Mykola Shaparenko providing the goals.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Desna.After this away game Dynamo return home for a Champions League game against Benfica. That game is only four sleeps after this.
3 goals so far away for Dynamo Kyiv, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Buyalskyy 5 goals |  V. Tsygankov 4 goals |   Y. Batyushin 2 goals |
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv missing players
Dynamo Kyiv missing players
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Dynamo Kyiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 3.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 12 | 7 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.2 | 6.7 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15.5 | 15.3 |
| 2.5 | 4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.5 | 7.2 |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 47% |
- All of Dynamo Kyiv's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Metalist 1925 Kharkiv's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Dynamo Kyiv have not yet lost a game.
- Dynamo Kyiv have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Dynamo Kyiv have scored in all their matches so far.
- Dynamo Kyiv have scored more than double the goals of Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.
- Dynamo Kyiv have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Premier League
- Dynamo Kyiv have the most clean sheets (4) in Premier League
- Dynamo Kyiv have the most scored goals (20) in Premier League
- Dynamo Kyiv have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Premier League
- Dynamo Kyiv have the the best goal difference (+18) in Premier League
- Dynamo Kyiv have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Dynamo Kyiv have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Dynamo Kyiv haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Dynamo Kyiv is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 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 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 16 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | Dnipro-1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Desna | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 5 | Vorskla | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Zorya | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Veres | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Inhulets | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Rukh Vynnyky | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 11 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Minai | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Kolos Kovalivka | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 14 | Chornomorets | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -9 | 4 |
| 15 | Lviv | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 2 |
| 16 | Mariupol | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 1 |