Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Oleksandria in 5th and Mariupol in 8th place.
Oleksandria and Mariupol should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Oleksandria form and stats
Oleksandria have played 11 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-0-4 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Oleksandria.
The spoils were shared in Oleksandria's previous game, also at home. Visiting Shakhtar Donetsk travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Desna.
There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Shakhtar Donetsk as Evgen Banada's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. Evgen Banada was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Shakhtar Donetsk after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Oleksandria matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, one draw and one defeat (from two games).
Oleksandria have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at KSK Nika with 18 goals in 11 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
Mariupol form and stats
There's been little loot from Mariupol's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 11 away games in the Premier League. Mariupol only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws. Momentum is building for Mariupol in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Two travels in a row for Mariupol, whose manager O. Babych could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Lviv. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Vorskla.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Mariupol playing away, we found three games. Results were zero away wins, three draws and zero home wins.
The attacking power of Mariupol when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. For Mariupol, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Oleksandria - Mariupol 3-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Oleksandria three wins, three draws and Mariupol four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Tretyakov 10 goals |  K. Kovalets 7 goals |  R. Fomin 6 goals |
Oleksandria missing players
Mariupol missing players
| Oleksandria | Mariupol | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 14 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 49 | 28 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 34 |
| 47 | 25 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 28 | 46 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 81% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 83% |
| 66% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 57% |
| 38% | 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 12% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 62% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 53% | 53% |
| 28% | 31% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 16% | 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 27% |
| 4.8 | 3.9 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 5 | 3.9 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.7 | 6.9 | 7.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 326 | 165 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 126 | 271 |
| 123 | 64 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 48 | 108 |
| 40% | 44% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 29% | 31% |
- Mariupol have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Oleksandria has the fewest matches under the total-line (10)
- Oleksandria has the most matches over the total-line (20)
- 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 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 45 | 59 |
| 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 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -14 | 26 |
| 7 | Dnipro-1 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -8 | 25 |
| 8 | Mariupol | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 23 | -14 | 25 |
| 9 | Lviv | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -19 | 20 |
| 10 | Vorskla | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 25 | -23 | 20 |
| 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 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -23 | 13 |