Balanced ball game between Rukh Vynnyky and Kolos Kovalivka expected

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena L'viv (34915 seats)

Rukh Vynnyky and Kolos Kovalivka have delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golf phrase. Both teams reside in mid-table places in the Premier League.

Insights:
  • Rukh Vynnyky have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
  • Kolos Kovalivka have the the worst goal difference (-8) away in Premier League

Rukh Vynnyky and Kolos Kovalivka 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.

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Rukh Vynnyky form and stats

Rukh Vynnyky have played 8 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Vynnyky.

A strong away win for Rukh Vynnyky against Metal Kharkiv the last match, as Karabin and Klymchuk were on target. At last, a league win after four fixtures without one. Manager Kuchuk felt very clever after Karabin scored the winning goal against Metal Kharkiv, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 66th minute.

In the match before that, Rukh Vynnyky hosted Chornomorets and drew the game 2-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Vynnyky have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 2 and lost 3.

If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 12 most recent league matches shows that 10 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

Rukh Vynnyky have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena L'viv with 12 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.

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Kolos Kovalivka form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kolos Kovalivka so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

Two away games in a row for Kovalivka, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Hirnyk.

Before that, Kolos Kovalivka travelled to Zorya and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Kolos Kovalivka in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Kolos Kovalivka, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The attacking power of Kolos Kovalivka when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Kovalivka have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Kolos Kovalivka - Rukh Vynnyky 2-0 was the end result in these teams' last H2H match, played this season. Statistics for the last eight meetings featuring these two contenders are: three wins for Rukh Vynnyky, one draw and four wins for Kolos Kovalivka. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The matches between these teams have sometimes been hostile, having seen 4 red cards from the last eight duels.

Top Goalscorers

Rukh VynnykyT. Brener de Paula
T. Brener de Paula
5 goals
Kolos KovalivkaP. Orikhovskyi
P. Orikhovskyi
4 goals
VynnykyY. Klymchuk
Y. Klymchuk
3 goals

Rukh Vynnyky missing players

Kolos Kovalivka missing players

Rukh Vynnyky Kolos Kovalivka
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 2 8 16
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 5
5 3 1 Drew D 0 3 5
6 3 0 Lost L 2 4 6
19 12 3 Scored S 0 5 14
23 12 2 Conceded C 3 13 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
87% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 62%
60% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 31%
27% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 19%
7% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
73% 88% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 38%
7% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 44%
20% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 31%
 
5.9 4.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 3.9 3.3
5.9 6.8 10 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.1 3.9
3.5 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.4 2.9
5 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.6 8.1 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 5.4 5.2
3.9 4.1 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 1.6 2.2
33% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 40%
 
9.1 9.9 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 8 6.3
3.7 3.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.2 3.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Kolos Kovalivka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Kolos Kovalivka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kolos Kovalivka have the the worst goal difference (-8) away in Premier League
  • Rukh Vynnyky have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Rukh Vynnyky have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rukh Vynnyky have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kolos Kovalivka have scored away.
  • Rukh Vynnyky have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
  • Rukh Vynnyky have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Rukh Vynnyky haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 15 11 3 1 40 12 9 6 3 0 19 8 6 5 0 1 21 4 28 36
2 Dnipro-1 15 11 3 1 33 12 7 6 1 0 16 4 8 5 2 1 17 8 21 36
3 Zorya 16 9 4 3 35 24 7 4 3 0 18 11 9 5 1 3 17 13 11 31
4 Dynamo Kyiv 16 9 3 4 24 15 10 5 3 2 14 8 6 4 0 2 10 7 9 30
5 Oleksandria 15 7 5 3 28 24 9 5 3 1 20 13 6 2 2 2 8 11 4 26
6 Hirnyk 16 6 3 7 12 16 8 4 2 2 6 5 8 2 1 5 6 11 -4 21
7 Kolos Kovalivka 16 5 5 6 14 19 8 4 2 2 9 6 8 1 3 4 5 13 -5 20
8 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 16 4 7 5 16 27 9 3 2 4 10 20 7 1 5 1 6 7 -11 19
9 Vorskla 16 5 3 8 20 23 8 3 2 3 9 8 8 2 1 5 11 15 -3 18
10 Rukh Vynnyky 15 4 5 6 19 23 8 2 3 3 12 12 7 2 2 3 7 11 -4 17
11 Veres 16 5 2 9 18 23 6 0 1 5 4 11 10 5 1 4 14 12 -5 17
12 Inhulets 15 4 4 7 14 18 7 3 0 4 6 7 8 1 4 3 8 11 -4 16
13 Metal Kharkiv 16 4 4 8 16 25 7 1 2 4 6 13 9 3 2 4 10 12 -9 16
14 Chornomorets 16 3 5 8 13 21 8 1 2 5 4 12 8 2 3 3 9 9 -8 14
15 Minai 16 3 5 8 11 20 7 1 2 4 4 9 9 2 3 4 7 11 -9 14
16 Lviv 15 3 3 9 10 21 7 2 1 4 7 12 8 1 2 5 3 9 -11 12

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.