Oleksandria will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Zorya.
Oleksandria and Zorya 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 is in the 5th league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Zorya are staying put at 3rd place whatever happens for the rest of the season.
Oleksandria form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Oleksandria are 7-0-4 (wins-draw-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Oleksandria, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The Oleksandria fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at KSK Nika: A 1-3 defeat against Dynamo Kyiv. A strong away win before that one, visiting Karpaty and winning 4-0.
A decent goal production from Oleksandria in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. Oleksandria have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Zorya form and stats
Zorya's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Zorya collect 22 points from their 11 away matches in the Premier League. 7 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 3 defeats).
Zorya lost away at Desna (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Lviv.
The travelling fans enjoy Zorya's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 11 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Oleksandria - Zorya 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Oleksandria victories, four draws and three Zorya wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Lednev 11 goals | V. Kabaiev 6 goals |  K. Kovalets 5 goals |
Oleksandria missing players
Zorya missing players
| Oleksandria | Zorya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 30 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 9 | 21 | 39 |
| 23 | 14 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 77% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 55% | 68% |
| 55% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 55% | 50% |
| 18% | 27% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 36% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 27% | 14% |
| 50% | 55% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 45% | 45% |
| 36% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 45% |
| 23% | 9% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 18% |
| 4.9 | 3.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| 4.2 | 2.6 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6 | 4.3 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 207 | 101 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 131 | 305 |
| 83 | 41 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 55 | 116 |
| 36% | 44% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 33% | 31% |
- Oleksandria has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
- 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.
- Zorya have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Zorya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 |