Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist: Metalist 1925 Kharkiv vs Minai Premier League full preview

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Wed 19.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist (40003 seats)

A total of six matches are done and Metalist 1925 Kharkiv are 3 points on top of Minai. Who will win?

Insights:
  • Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Minai have scored away.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Minai, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.

Little time to rest for the hosts, as they featured in a Premier League fixture only four days ago. This match was also played here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Minai have had more rest.

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Metalist 1925 Kharkiv form and stats

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have collected 8 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-2-0.

The spoils were shared in Metalist 1925 Kharkiv's previous game, also at home. Visiting Lviv (placed 12th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Kolos Kovalivka in a game that was won 2-0.

There will be little rest for Metalist after this match as they are travelling to Rukh Vynnyky for a Premier League game in only four days.

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist with 7 goals in 4 league matches.

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Minai form and stats

Minai are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

Minai delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Veres (placed 5th) in their previous game.

A 0-0 draw at Hirnyk's stadium before that.

After this away game Minai return home for a Premier League game against Shakhtar Donetsk. That game is only three sleeps after this.

{3 goals} so far away for Minai, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 3 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the previous three meetings): Metalist won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Minai managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Metalist 1925 KharkivR. Rusyn
R. Rusyn
2 goals
Metalist 1925 KharkivY. Martynyuk
Y. Martynyuk
2 goals
Metalist 1925 KharkivA. Boryachuk
A. Boryachuk
2 goals

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv missing players

Minai missing players

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Minai
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 4 2 Played P 1 3 7
2 2 0 Won W 0 1 1
3 2 2 Drew D 0 1 3
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 3
7 7 2 Scored S 1 3 5
7 4 2 Conceded C 2 3 7
67% 75% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 86%
67% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 57%
50% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 29%
33% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
17% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 57%
50% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 14%
50% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 43%
 
3 3.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.3 4.1
9.5 10 8 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5 5
1 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
3.8 2.5 2 Shots (avg) S ( 5 4.7 5
1.8 1.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 1.7 1.9
29% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 60% 38%
 
15 11 10 Shots against (avg) S A 10 7.3 6.4
5.5 3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 2.7 3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Minai have scored away.
  • Minai have won significantly more corners away than 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 Dnipro-1 5 5 0 0 14 0 3 3 0 0 8 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 14 15
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 5 4 1 0 10 2 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 7 1 8 13
3 Metal Kharkiv 7 4 1 2 12 13 3 1 1 1 5 9 4 3 0 1 7 4 -1 13
4 Kolos Kovalivka 6 3 2 1 5 3 4 3 1 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 11
5 Veres 7 3 2 2 8 8 2 0 1 1 3 4 5 3 1 1 5 4 0 11
6 Oleksandria 5 3 1 1 7 6 2 1 0 1 3 4 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 10
7 Zorya 6 3 1 2 12 13 3 2 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 2 4 8 -1 10
8 Dynamo Kyiv 5 3 0 2 7 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 9
9 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 6 2 3 1 7 7 4 2 2 0 7 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 9
10 Vorskla 7 2 1 4 9 12 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 0 3 6 9 -3 7
11 Minai 7 1 3 3 5 7 4 0 2 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 -2 6
12 Lviv 6 1 2 3 5 9 2 0 0 2 2 6 4 1 2 1 3 3 -4 5
13 Rukh Vynnyky 6 1 1 4 6 11 3 1 0 2 4 4 3 0 1 2 2 7 -5 4
14 Inhulets 6 0 3 3 4 7 3 0 0 3 2 5 3 0 3 0 2 2 -3 3
15 Hirnyk 6 0 3 3 2 5 3 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 4 -3 3
16 Chornomorets 6 0 2 4 4 8 3 0 1 2 2 4 3 0 1 2 2 4 -4 2

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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.