Premier League match preview and statistics: Oleksandria fight Minai

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sat 20.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: KSK Nika

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Oleksandria are in the 6th position while the guesting Minai worry at 14th.

Insights:
  • Oleksandria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Minai have yet to win a game away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Oleksandria form and stats

4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Oleksandria so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for Oleksandria, who won 1-0 against Mariupol (placed 9th). Preceding that match was the home game against Zorya that was lost 0-2.

Oleksandria have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at KSK Nika with 15 goals in 8 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Oleksandria have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Minai form and stats

Minai have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 0-3-3 (6 played).

Minai failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Lviv (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Vorskla.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Minai as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. Minai have conceded 13 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Minai - Oleksandria 1-0 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: one win for Oleksandria, zero draws and one win for Minai. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

MinaiA. Nuriev
A. Nuriev
6 goals
OleksandriaA. Sitalo
A. Sitalo
3 goals
MinaiA. Shynder
A. Shynder
3 goals

Oleksandria missing players

Minai missing players

Oleksandria Minai
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 8 4 Played P 3 6 13
5 4 3 Won W 0 0 2
4 2 1 Drew D 2 3 4
5 2 0 Lost L 1 3 7
20 15 9 Scored S 3 5 10
18 11 4 Conceded C 6 13 25
93% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
64% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 69%
36% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 54%
36% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 31%
29% 38% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 15%
50% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 46%
21% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
36% 38% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 46%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.1 3 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.7
4 3 2 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.1 10.1 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 8.2 8.8
3.9 4.4 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.3 3.6
37% 43% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 25% 21%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Minai have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Minai have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Minai have yet to win a game away.
  • Minai haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Oleksandria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Oleksandria have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Minai have scored away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dynamo Kyiv 14 10 3 1 28 11 8 4 3 1 12 8 6 6 0 0 16 3 17 33
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 14 8 6 0 33 11 7 5 2 0 21 6 7 3 4 0 12 5 22 30
3 Zorya 13 6 5 2 25 11 7 3 3 1 12 6 6 3 2 1 13 5 14 23
4 Desna 14 6 5 3 19 13 7 5 1 1 12 5 7 1 4 2 7 8 6 23
5 Vorskla 14 5 6 3 18 11 5 3 2 0 11 3 9 2 4 3 7 8 7 21
6 Oleksandria 14 5 4 5 20 18 8 4 2 2 15 11 6 1 2 3 5 7 2 19
7 Kolos Kovalivka 14 4 7 3 18 16 8 2 5 1 10 6 6 2 2 2 8 10 2 19
8 Olimpik Donetsk 13 5 2 6 21 23 8 3 2 3 14 14 5 2 0 3 7 9 -2 17
9 Mariupol 14 4 4 6 14 20 2 0 0 2 1 3 12 4 4 4 13 17 -6 16
10 Lviv 13 3 3 7 10 27 5 1 1 3 4 12 8 2 2 4 6 15 -17 12
11 Inhulets 14 1 8 5 13 22 8 1 5 2 7 11 6 0 3 3 6 11 -9 11
12 Dnipro-1 14 3 2 9 18 28 8 2 1 5 9 12 6 1 1 4 9 16 -10 11
13 Rukh Vynnyky 14 1 7 6 13 24 8 1 5 2 9 9 6 0 2 4 4 15 -11 10
14 Minai 13 2 4 7 10 25 7 2 1 4 5 12 6 0 3 3 5 13 -15 10

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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.