Premier League match preview: Oleksandria versus Mariupol

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Fri 21.August
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: KSK Nika (7000 seats)

The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Oleksandria welcome Mariupol for the opening game at KSK Nika. Read on!

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Oleksandria form and stats

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Oleksandria, who have participated in seven training matches. Oleksandria have won 4 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 3 games.

Last season, Oleksandria's league statistics were 11 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the Premier League. Over these 22 matches they scored 30 goals and conceded 23. Playing at home last season Oleksandria managed 7-0-4 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 14 conceded.

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Mariupol form and stats

It's a day of discovery for Mariupol as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Mariupol have played six with the results W4-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Mariupol has scored 19 goals and conceded 6 times.

Let's have a look at how Mariupol performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 7 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 21 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 8/23 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Oleksandria victories, three draws and four Mariupol wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Oleksandria missing players

Mariupol missing players

Oleksandria Mariupol
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Oleksandria Last season Mariupol
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 17   Played P   17 32
14 9   Won W   5 11
7 2   Drew D   4 9
12 6   Lost L   8 12
50 29   Scored S   16 36
49 27   Conceded C   30 48
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
82% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 81%
67% 76%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 56%
36% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 22%
12% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 6%
64% 65%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
27% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 25%
15% 6%   Failed to Score F T   35% 28%
 
4.8 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5
5 4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.9 7.1
2.6 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.8
7 4   Red cards R C   6 9
 
338 177   Total Shots T S   142 287
127 68   Shots on Target S O   57 117
39% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 31%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Desna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Dnipro-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dynamo Kyiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kolos Kovalivka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Lviv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Mariupol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Oleksandria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Olimpik Donetsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Shakhtar Donetsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Vorskla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Zorya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 32 26 4 2 80 26 16 14 2 0 46 11 16 12 2 2 34 15 54 82
2 Dynamo Kyiv 32 18 5 9 65 35 16 9 3 4 32 16 16 9 2 5 33 19 30 59
3 Zorya 32 17 7 8 50 29 16 8 5 3 24 14 16 9 2 5 26 15 21 58
4 Desna 32 17 5 10 59 33 16 7 3 6 24 17 16 10 2 4 35 16 26 56
5 Oleksandria 32 14 7 11 49 47 16 9 2 5 28 25 16 5 5 6 21 22 2 49
6 Kolos Kovalivka 32 10 2 20 33 59 16 7 1 8 21 25 16 3 1 12 12 34 -26 32

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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.