Oleksandria vs Zorya match preview: Even contest expected at KSK Nika

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Date: Sun 28.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: KSK Nika (7000 seats)

The managers V. Sharan and Y. Vernydub are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier League league table.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Oleksandria form and stats

The story so far for Oleksandria at their home stadium (KSK Nika) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Oleksandria's last game was hosting Mariupol and winning 2-1. In the game before, an away victory match versus Lviv with a 2-1 scoreline.

The Oleksandria fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Zorya form and stats

4-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Zorya in their matches away. Zorya seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Zorya are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Premier League against Lviv. Prior to that match, the Zorya manager Y. Vernydub faced defeat when travelling to Inhulets and losing 1-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Zorya playing away and similar expectations, we found two relevant matches. Results were 0 Zorya wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Zorya are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 11 games. As opposed to that, Zorya have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Zorya - Oleksandria 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 4 - 3 (Oleksandria wins - draws - Zorya wins).

Top Goalscorers

E. Banada
8 goals / 2 assists
O. Karavaev
8 goals / 5 assists
K. Kovalets
5 goals / 2 assists

Oleksandria missing players

Zorya missing players

Oleksandria Zorya
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
25 13 3 Played 3 12 25
14 7 1 Won 0 4 9
5 3 0 Drew 1 3 8
6 3 2 Lost 2 5 8
35 17 2 Scored 1 16 32
22 13 4 Conceded 9 16 27
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 92% 84%
72% 77% 67% Over 1.5 100% 75% 72%
40% 38% 33% Over 2.5 67% 50% 48%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 33% 25% 16%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 33% 25% 16%
44% 62% 33% BTTS 33% 33% 40%
36% 23% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 42% 40%
24% 15% 0% Failed To Score 67% 33% 36%
 
5.6 5.7 4 Corners For (avg) 4 4.8 5.5
4.5 3.5 4.3 Corners Against (avg) 6.7 6 5.6
2.3 2.7 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2.2 2.2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 3

Oleksandria
16-03-19 PL Chornomorets 0 - 3 Oleksandria
27-03-19 CF Oleksandria 3 - 1 Kremin'
03-04-19 PL Oleksandria 0 - 1 Shakhtar Donetsk
13-04-19 PL Lviv 1 - 2 Oleksandria
24-04-19 PL Oleksandria 2 - 1 Mariupol
28-04-19 PL Oleksandria 14:00 Zorya
04-05-19 PL Dynamo Kyiv 14:00 Oleksandria
11-05-19 PL Shakhtar Donetsk 16:30 Oleksandria
19-05-19 PL Oleksandria 11:00 Lviv
22-05-19 PL Mariupol 14:00 Oleksandria
Zorya
03-04-19 PL Zorya 2 - 3 Dynamo Kyiv
07-04-19 UC Lviv 0 - 1 Zorya
13-04-19 PL Shakhtar Donetsk 3 - 0 Zorya
17-04-19 UC Inhulets 2 - 1 Zorya
24-04-19 PL Zorya 2 - 1 Lviv
28-04-19 PL Oleksandria 14:00 Zorya
04-05-19 PL Zorya 11:00 Mariupol
11-05-19 PL Dynamo Kyiv 14:00 Zorya
19-05-19 PL Zorya 14:00 Shakhtar Donetsk
22-05-19 PL Lviv 14:00 Zorya

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Shakhtar Donetsk 22 18 3 1 52 9 11 8 3 0 25 5 11 10 0 1 27 4 43 57
2 Dynamo Kyiv 22 16 2 4 40 11 11 9 0 2 23 3 11 7 2 2 17 8 29 50
3 Oleksandria 22 12 5 5 31 19 11 6 3 2 15 11 11 6 2 3 16 8 12 41
4 Zorya 22 8 8 6 28 20 11 4 5 2 12 7 11 4 3 4 16 13 8 32
5 Lviv 22 7 9 6 19 20 11 1 5 5 8 15 11 6 4 1 11 5 -1 30
6 Mariupol 22 8 6 8 24 33 11 5 3 3 12 15 11 3 3 5 12 18 -9 30
7 Vorskla 22 9 2 11 18 28 11 5 1 5 9 14 11 4 1 6 9 14 -10 29
8 Desna 22 8 4 10 23 24 11 3 1 7 8 14 11 5 3 3 15 10 -1 28
9 Karpaty 22 5 6 11 26 37 11 1 2 8 6 22 11 4 4 3 20 15 -11 21
10 Olimpik Donetsk 22 4 8 10 25 33 11 2 3 6 12 19 11 2 5 4 13 14 -8 20
11 Chornomorets 22 4 4 14 12 34 11 3 1 7 6 18 11 1 3 7 6 16 -22 16
12 Arsenal Kyiv 22 3 3 16 12 42 11 0 3 8 6 25 11 3 0 8 6 17 -30 12