This fixture stars two squads residing in the lower parts of the Premier League, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv having 11th place and Inhulets lying 13th. A nice chance for one of the participants to upgrade their position.
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have the most conceded goals (12) at home in Premier League
- Inhulets have yet to win a game away.
This should be an absorbing match with lots of action and bustle as both sides are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have to build on here at NSK Olimpijs'kyj in the Premier League. Three consecutive losses here at NSK Olimpijs'kyj is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
The home team returns to NSK Olimpijs'kyj after drawing with Metal Kharkiv (placed 8th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.
Before that game, the home loss against Veres with the scoreline 1-4.This is expected to be a close game, with Metalist 1925 Kharkiv perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Metalist 1925 Kharkiv as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Metalist 1925 Kharkiv has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Metalist defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. Metalist 1925 Kharkiv has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Inhulets form and stats
Inhulets have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 0-4-2 (6 played). Inhulets has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Impressive finishing from Marusych secured the home win 1-0 against Zorya in their previous game. Yippee; their first three points in the league after nine games not winning.
A 0-3 defeat away at Shakhtar Donetsk before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Inhulets in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Inhulets, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dynamo Kyiv in just two days.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Inhulets have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - two - two (Metalist 1925 Kharkiv wins - draws - Inhulets wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Rusyn 3 goals | Y. Martynyuk 2 goals |  A. Boryachuk 2 goals |
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv missing players
Inhulets missing players
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Inhulets | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 16 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 73% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 90% |
| 64% | 71% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 70% |
| 45% | 57% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 27% | 43% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 10% |
| 18% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 36% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 55% | 43% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 30% |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
| 7.2 | 7.8 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.3 | 6.4 |
| 1.4 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.5 | 6.3 | 6.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 20% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 33% | 32% |
| 12.5 | 12 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 8.5 | 7.1 |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 3.7 |
- Inhulets have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Inhulets have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Inhulets have yet to win a game away.
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have the most conceded goals (12) at home in Premier League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dnipro-1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 28 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 23 |
| 3 | Zorya | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Oleksandria | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Veres | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Dynamo Kyiv | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Kolos Kovalivka | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -2 | 15 |
| 8 | Metal Kharkiv | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Vorskla | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 10 | Rukh Vynnyky | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 11 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | Minai | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 13 | Inhulets | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 14 | Hirnyk | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 6 |
| 15 | Lviv | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
| 16 | Chornomorets | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -12 | 3 |
