Premier League match preview and statistics: Oleksandria fight Zorya

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Date: Sat 23.November
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: CSC Nika Stadium (7000 seats)

Oleksandria will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Zorya.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Oleksandria form and stats

Oleksandria have performed here at CSC Nika Stadium this season with 5 wins from 7 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2. Ever since the Desna game Oleksandria has been unbeatable here at CSC Nika Stadium producing four straight wins.

The home team returns to CSC Nika Stadium after sharing the points with Olimpik Donetsk (placed 7th) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 0-0. In the match before that, Oleksandria hosted Saint-Etienne and drew the Europa League game 2-2.

Oleksandria have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at CSC Nika Stadium with 12 goals in 7 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

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Zorya form and stats

Zorya have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Zorya hope to make it five in this match.

The supporters enjoyed Zorya's previous game versus Kolos Kovalivka (placed 8th), a Premier League 2-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Dnipro-1 at their stadium, the result 4-1.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Zorya are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Zorya - Oleksandria 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 5 - 3 (Oleksandria wins - draws - Zorya wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ZoryaB. Lednev
B. Lednev
8 goals
ZoryaV. Yurchenko
V. Yurchenko
5 goals
ZoryaV. Kochergin
V. Kochergin
4 goals

Oleksandria missing players

Zorya missing players

Oleksandria Zorya
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 2 7 14
7 5 0 Won W 2 5 8
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 4
4 2 2 Lost L 0 1 2
17 12 1 Scored S 8 17 29
14 9 6 Conceded C 1 6 12
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 86%
71% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 71%
50% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 57%
14% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 57% 43%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 43% 21%
50% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 50%
36% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 57% 50%
29% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 14%
 
4.9 3 2 Corners For (avg) C F 4 5.3 5.6
4.4 2.4 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 6 4.2
2.9 2.1 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 3.8 3.2
4 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • All of Oleksandria's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 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 14 13 1 0 40 6 7 6 1 0 23 4 7 7 0 0 17 2 34 40
2 Zorya 14 8 4 2 29 12 7 3 3 1 12 6 7 5 1 1 17 6 17 28
3 Dynamo Kyiv 14 8 3 3 28 9 7 3 2 2 11 6 7 5 1 1 17 3 19 27
4 Desna 14 8 3 3 21 8 7 2 3 2 5 4 7 6 0 1 16 4 13 27
5 Oleksandria 14 7 3 4 17 14 7 5 0 2 12 9 7 2 3 2 5 5 3 24
6 Mariupol 14 4 5 5 14 21 7 3 2 2 8 9 7 1 3 3 6 12 -7 17
7 Olimpik Donetsk 14 4 3 7 12 23 7 2 1 4 6 15 7 2 2 3 6 8 -11 15
8 Kolos Kovalivka 14 4 2 8 10 27 7 2 1 4 6 14 7 2 1 4 4 13 -17 14
9 Dnipro-1 14 3 3 8 14 22 7 3 0 4 9 11 7 0 3 4 5 11 -8 12
10 Karpaty 14 2 5 7 11 21 7 1 2 4 4 10 7 1 3 3 7 11 -10 11
11 Lviv 14 3 2 9 10 24 7 1 1 5 3 11 7 2 1 4 7 13 -14 11
12 Vorskla 14 2 2 10 9 28 7 1 2 4 5 12 7 1 0 6 4 16 -19 8

Read more about Premier League

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.