Premier League preview with statistics: Oleksandria welcomes Shakhtar Donetsk to KSK Nika

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: KSK Nika (7000 seats)

Both squads are doing all right, Shakhtar Donetsk holding a 18 point edge on Oleksandria in the tables. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Oleksandria have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (47) in Premier League

Shakhtar Donetsk could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Champions League game only four sleeps ago.

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Oleksandria form and stats

Oleksandria are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at KSK Nika. 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 6 games.

Oleksandria's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Minai (placed 15th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Before that game, the home loss against Zorya with the scoreline 0-1.

A decent goal production from Oleksandria in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. From these home matches, Oleksandria have conceded only 4 goals.

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Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats

Shakhtar Donetsk have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 20 points collected from 8 Premier League games. 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far. Things are running smoothly for Shakhtar Donetsk who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 14 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Oleksandria.

Shakhtar's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sheriff that finished 1-1. Defender Serhiy Kryvtsov was the best team player with a rating of 7.64. Kryvtsov served one assist, hit one key pass and won 2 of 3 duels.

Before that, Shakhtar Donetsk secured a home win against Lviv with the score 6-1.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Shakhtar are regular goalscorers on their travels. Shakhtar's manager De Zerbi has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Shakhtar Donetsk - Oleksandria 1-2 was the end result in these participants' last H2H fixture, earlier this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Oleksandria won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Shakhtar Donetsk have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

Shakhtar DonetskM. Lemos Martins
M. Lemos Martins
9 goals
Shakhtar DonetskL. Traore
L. Traore
6 goals
OleksandriaM. Tretyakov
M. Tretyakov
5 goals

Oleksandria missing players

Shakhtar Donetsk missing players

Oleksandria Shakhtar Donetsk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 6 2 Played P 1 8 17
7 4 0 Won W 1 6 14
5 0 0 Drew D 0 2 2
5 2 2 Lost L 0 0 1
18 9 1 Scored S 3 18 47
14 4 3 Conceded C 1 2 9
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
53% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 88%
35% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 59%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 25% 35%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 29%
41% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 25% 47%
41% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 75% 53%
29% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 6%
 
5.2 6.7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.1 6.1
4.1 2.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 1 2 2
2.5 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2 1.5
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.2 13.8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 5 12.6 13.7
4.4 6.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.5 6.1
24% 22% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 41% 45%
 
8.9 6.5 6 Shots against (avg) S A 6 5.5 5.2
3.6 2.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 2 2.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Oleksandria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Oleksandria have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Oleksandria have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Oleksandria have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Oleksandria haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have not yet lost a game away.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have scored more than double the goals of Oleksandria.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the most clean sheets (6) away in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (47) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk is in the best form (6-0-0) in Premier League

  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 17 14 2 1 47 9 9 8 0 1 29 7 8 6 2 0 18 2 38 44
2 Dynamo Kyiv 17 14 2 1 46 8 8 6 1 1 21 2 9 8 1 0 25 6 38 44
3 Dnipro-1 17 12 1 4 32 17 9 8 0 1 22 8 8 4 1 3 10 9 15 37
4 Zorya 17 11 2 4 36 18 9 6 1 2 13 4 8 5 1 2 23 14 18 35
5 Vorskla 17 9 5 3 29 17 10 6 3 1 22 8 7 3 2 2 7 9 12 32
6 Oleksandria 17 7 5 5 18 14 6 4 0 2 9 4 11 3 5 3 9 10 4 26
7 Desna 17 7 4 6 21 25 9 4 2 3 13 12 8 3 2 3 8 13 -4 25
8 Veres 17 6 4 7 14 19 8 4 3 1 7 4 9 2 1 6 7 15 -5 22
9 Kolos Kovalivka 17 6 3 8 12 22 9 3 1 5 7 11 8 3 2 3 5 11 -10 21
10 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 17 6 1 10 16 27 8 4 0 4 12 14 9 2 1 6 4 13 -11 19
11 Rukh Vynnyky 16 4 5 7 15 20 8 3 4 1 8 6 8 1 1 6 7 14 -5 17
12 Lviv 17 4 4 9 13 29 9 1 3 5 6 15 8 3 1 4 7 14 -16 16
13 Chornomorets 17 2 5 10 18 39 9 1 3 5 9 21 8 1 2 5 9 18 -21 11
14 Inhulets 16 2 4 10 11 27 7 1 2 4 5 10 9 1 2 6 6 17 -16 10
15 Minai 17 1 7 9 11 28 9 1 5 3 8 12 8 0 2 6 3 16 -17 10
16 Mariupol 17 2 2 13 21 41 8 0 0 8 9 22 9 2 2 5 12 19 -20 8

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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.