Premier League prediction and preview: Olimpik Donetsk modest favorites to beat Lviv

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sun 23.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Dynamo im. Valery Lobanovsky (16873 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier League, Olimpik Donetsk holding 9th place and Lviv lying 10th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

These teams have little in common geographically as Lviv have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Lviv are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Olimpik Donetsk form and stats

Olimpik Donetsk's results here at Stadion Dynamo im. Valery Lobanovsky in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Olimpik Donetsk to get some points in this home game. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Olimpik Donetsk, their manager V. Fernandez and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The Olimpik Donetsk fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Stadion Dynamo im. Valery Lobanovsky: A 1-2 defeat against Mariupol (placed 6th). Ahead of that match, Olimpik Donetsk lost 1-2 at home to Mariupol.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Olimpik Donetsk handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, zero draws and one defeat.

Olimpik Donetsk aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Dynamo im. Valery Lobanovsky in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. Olimpik Donetsk are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (20 from 9 played).

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Lviv form and stats

Lviv have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-2-5 (9 played).

Lviv won their last game, 3-2 versus Kolos Kovalivka played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Kolos Kovalivka.

We have checked recent matches where Lviv have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were five victories, one draw and two defeats.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Lviv have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Olimpik Donetsk and Lviv have met before this season: Lviv - Olimpik Donetsk 0-1. Last five meetings between the teams: Olimpik Donetsk won three, Lviv won zero and two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Olimpik DonetskS. Politylo
S. Politylo
3 goals
Olimpik DonetskS. Zahedi
S. Zahedi
3 goals
LvivR. de Oliveira
R. de Oliveira
3 goals

Olimpik Donetsk missing players

Lviv missing players

Olimpik Donetsk Lviv
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 9 18
5 2 1 Won W 0 2 4
3 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
10 6 1 Lost L 1 5 11
16 8 3 Scored S 2 8 14
32 20 3 Conceded C 3 17 32
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 78% 83%
78% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 67%
56% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 44%
28% 56% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 33%
11% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 28%
50% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 33%
17% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 22% 22%
39% 44% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 61%
 
4.5 5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.6 3.2
4.9 5.4 7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.7 5.5
2.3 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.6 3.3
8 5 1 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
182 90 17 Total Shots T S 18 70 134
59 32 5 Shots on Target S O 6 31 62
27% 25% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 26% 23%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Lviv has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
  • Lviv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Lviv have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Olimpik Donetsk has the most conceded goals (20) at home
  • Olimpik Donetsk has the most points from losing position (7)
  • Olimpik Donetsk has the the worst goal difference (-12) at home
  • Olimpik Donetsk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Olimpik Donetsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Shakhtar Donetsk 18 16 2 0 50 9 9 8 1 0 30 5 9 8 1 0 20 4 41 50
2 Dynamo Kyiv 18 11 3 4 36 12 9 4 2 3 15 8 9 7 1 1 21 4 24 36
3 Zorya 18 10 4 4 34 16 9 4 3 2 15 8 9 6 1 2 19 8 18 34
4 Desna 18 10 3 5 29 13 9 3 3 3 7 5 9 7 0 2 22 8 16 33
5 Oleksandria 18 10 3 5 23 17 9 7 0 2 16 9 9 3 3 3 7 8 6 33
6 Mariupol 18 5 7 6 17 26 9 3 4 2 9 10 9 2 3 4 8 16 -9 22
7 Kolos Kovalivka 18 6 2 10 18 31 9 4 1 4 12 14 9 2 1 6 6 17 -13 20
8 Dnipro-1 18 5 3 10 18 28 9 4 0 5 11 13 9 1 3 5 7 15 -10 18
9 Olimpik Donetsk 18 5 3 10 16 32 9 2 1 6 8 20 9 3 2 4 8 12 -16 18
10 Lviv 18 4 3 11 14 32 9 2 1 6 6 15 9 2 2 5 8 17 -18 15
11 Vorskla 18 4 2 12 12 33 9 3 2 4 8 13 9 1 0 8 4 20 -21 14
12 Karpaty 18 2 5 11 15 33 9 1 2 6 7 18 9 1 3 5 8 15 -18 11

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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.