Premier League duel: Close contest expected between Metalist 1925 Kharkiv and Veres

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sat 05.November
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: NSK Olimpijs'kyj (70050 seats)

Premier League: The mid-table positions shows the journey Metalist 1925 Kharkiv and Veres have undertaken uptil now. Both participants are eager to play; let's go!

Insights:
  • Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Veres have the most points from losing position (6) in Premier League

This looks to be an engaging fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!

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Metalist 1925 Kharkiv form and stats

2-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv so far this season. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, their manager Kryventsov and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The Metalist 1925 Kharkiv crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Zorya here at NSK Olimpijs'kyj.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Rukh Vynnyky the opponent.

The manager Kryventsov will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Metal Kharkiv in only three days.

Metalist are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Metalist 1925 Kharkiv's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Veres form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Veres have produced an overall stat of 4-1-2 so far.

Veres are looking to quickly end their 201 minutes long goal drought in the Premier League.

Veres lost away at Kolos Kovalivka (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Zorya.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Shakhtar Donetsk in just four days.

Veres are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv-Veres H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Metalist 1925 Kharkiv one win, Veres one win, one draw. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

VeresV. Dakhnovskiy
V. Dakhnovskiy
3 goals
VeresD. Klots
D. Klots
3 goals
MetalistR. Rusyn
R. Rusyn
2 goals

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv missing players

Veres missing players

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Veres
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 6 1 Played P 1 7 10
2 2 1 Won W 1 4 4
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 2 0 Lost L 0 2 4
8 7 3 Scored S 2 8 11
12 8 2 Conceded C 1 7 12
78% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 70%
44% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 29% 40%
22% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 20%
11% 17% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 33% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 43% 50%
33% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 20%
56% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 30%
 
3.8 2.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.1 3.9
8.2 9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 9 5.6 4.9
1.2 1.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.7 2.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
4.7 3.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 5.9 5.9
2.5 2.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.1 3.3
20% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 36% 33%
 
12.5 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 9 5.6 5.5
5 3.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2 2
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 played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Veres have the most points (13) away in Premier League
  • Veres have the most points from losing position (6) in Premier League
  • Veres have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Veres 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 Dnipro-1 9 8 1 0 21 4 5 4 1 0 11 2 4 4 0 0 10 2 17 25
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 8 6 2 0 18 5 6 4 2 0 11 4 2 2 0 0 7 1 13 20
3 Zorya 9 6 1 2 20 13 3 2 1 0 8 5 6 4 0 2 12 8 7 19
4 Oleksandria 8 5 2 1 13 8 4 3 0 1 7 4 4 2 2 0 6 4 5 17
5 Kolos Kovalivka 9 4 3 2 8 7 6 4 2 0 7 1 3 0 1 2 1 6 1 15
6 Veres 10 4 2 4 11 12 3 0 1 2 3 5 7 4 1 2 8 7 -1 14
7 Metal Kharkiv 9 4 2 3 13 15 4 1 1 2 5 10 5 3 1 1 8 5 -2 14
8 Dynamo Kyiv 8 4 1 3 12 11 5 3 1 1 8 5 3 1 0 2 4 6 1 13
9 Vorskla 10 3 2 5 12 14 5 2 1 2 5 4 5 1 1 3 7 10 -2 11
10 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 9 2 4 3 8 12 6 2 2 2 7 8 3 0 2 1 1 4 -4 10
11 Minai 9 2 3 4 6 9 4 0 2 2 2 4 5 2 1 2 4 5 -3 9
12 Rukh Vynnyky 9 2 2 5 10 15 5 1 1 3 7 8 4 1 1 2 3 7 -5 8
13 Hirnyk 9 1 3 5 5 11 4 1 2 1 2 2 5 0 1 4 3 9 -6 6
14 Lviv 9 1 3 5 7 15 4 0 1 3 4 10 5 1 2 2 3 5 -8 6
15 Inhulets 8 0 4 4 7 11 3 0 0 3 2 5 5 0 4 1 5 6 -4 4
16 Chornomorets 9 0 3 6 5 14 4 0 1 3 2 8 5 0 2 3 3 6 -9 3

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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.