Premier League match preview: Oleksandria believed to be the weaker party when Dynamo Kyiv pays a visit

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sat 07.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: KSK Nika (7000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Oleksandria have their presumed home advantage while Dynamo Kyiv are ahead 8 points in the Premier League table.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Oleksandria and Dynamo Kyiv.

Oleksandria are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 5th place whatever happens now. Dynamo Kyiv have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 2nd place no matter what happens.

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Oleksandria form and stats

Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Oleksandria are 7-0-4 (wins-draw-losses). The Oleksandria manager V. Sharan might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The Oleksandria crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Dynamo Kyiv here at KSK Nika in a Premier League match. In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Karpaty.

A decent goal production from Oleksandria in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. Oleksandria's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Dynamo Kyiv form and stats

Dynamo Kyiv's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Dynamo Kyiv, who have the most scored goals (25) away in Premier League, collect 25 points from their 11 away matches in the Premier League. 8 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

Two travels in a row for Dynamo Kyiv, whose manager O. Mykhaylychenko could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Oleksandria. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Kolos Kovalivka.

Dynamo Kyiv have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 25 goals from 11 away matches. It's not easy to score on Dynamo Kyiv as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Oleksandria - Dynamo Kyiv 1-3, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Oleksandria one win, two draws and Dynamo Kyiv seven victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Dynamo KyivV. Tsygankov
V. Tsygankov
8 goals
Dynamo KyivB. Verbič
B. Verbič
8 goals
Oleksandria
K. Kovalets
5 goals

Oleksandria missing players

Dynamo Kyiv missing players

Oleksandria Dynamo Kyiv
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
11 7 1 Won W 2 8 14
4 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
7 4 2 Lost L 1 2 5
30 18 2 Scored S 6 25 44
23 14 6 Conceded C 3 8 17
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 91% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 82%
55% 73% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 64% 59%
18% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 55% 32%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 5%
50% 55% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 45%
36% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 55% 50%
23% 9% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 5%
 
4.9 3.3 1.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.9 5.9
4.2 2.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.3 4.5
2.8 2.5 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.5 2.3
5 3 1 Red cards R C 2 2 5
 
207 101 20 Total Shots T S 58 162 341
83 41 5 Shots on Target S O 25 69 139
36% 44% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 36% 32%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Dynamo Kyiv has the most clean sheets (6) away
  • Dynamo Kyiv has the most scored goals (25) away
  • Dynamo Kyiv has the the best goal difference (+17) away
  • Dynamo Kyiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dynamo Kyiv have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Dynamo Kyiv have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dynamo Kyiv haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Oleksandria has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
  • Oleksandria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Oleksandria have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Oleksandria haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Shakhtar Donetsk 21 18 2 1 55 11 11 10 1 0 35 6 10 8 1 1 20 5 44 56
2 Dynamo Kyiv 22 14 3 5 44 17 11 6 2 3 19 9 11 8 1 2 25 8 27 45
3 Zorya 22 13 4 5 39 18 11 6 3 2 18 8 11 7 1 3 21 10 21 43
4 Desna 22 13 3 6 36 15 11 5 3 3 12 5 11 8 0 3 24 10 21 42
5 Oleksandria 22 11 4 7 30 23 11 7 0 4 18 14 11 4 4 3 12 9 7 37
6 Kolos Kovalivka 21 8 2 11 22 35 10 5 1 4 14 15 11 3 1 7 8 20 -13 26
7 Mariupol 21 6 7 8 21 32 11 4 4 3 13 12 10 2 3 5 8 20 -11 25
8 Dnipro-1 21 6 4 11 23 34 10 5 0 5 14 14 11 1 4 6 9 20 -11 22
9 Vorskla 22 6 2 14 15 38 11 5 2 4 10 13 11 1 0 10 5 25 -23 20
10 Lviv 21 5 4 12 16 35 10 2 2 6 7 16 11 3 2 6 9 19 -19 19
11 Olimpik Donetsk 22 5 3 14 17 37 11 2 1 8 9 23 11 3 2 6 8 14 -20 18
12 Karpaty 21 2 6 13 17 40 11 1 3 7 8 23 10 1 3 6 9 17 -23 12

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.