Premier League prediction: Home win expected when Shakhtar Donetsk takes on Kolos Kovalivka

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Fri 21.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist (40003 seats)

Shakhtar Donetsk and Kolos Kovalivka are ready to show off their new players and skills: It's their first game of the Premier League season.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Europa League. That game was an away game at Inter, so at least Shakhtar are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats

Everyone expects Shakhtar to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 14 games: ten home wins, three draws and one defeat. Shakhtar Donetsk have won with at least two goals margin eight times in similar situations.

Shakhtar Donetsk have prepared for this season with seven friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these seven matches are 6 victories, 1 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Shakhtar have scored 16 goals and conceded 4 times.

Shakhtar could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Premier League. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist they witnessed 10 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W19 - D2 - L1 from 22 games.

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Kolos Kovalivka form and stats

The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played 16 away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with nine wins, three draws and four defeats. three games were lost by at least two goals margin.

It's a day of discovery for Kolos Kovalivka as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Kovalivka have played five with the results W1-D1-L3 (win-draw-lost). In these games Kolos Kovalivka has scored 6 goals and conceded 7 times.

Let's have a look at how Kolos Kovalivka performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 2 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 39 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 1 and lost 7 with 8/20 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Shakhtar won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Kolos Kovalivka has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / two

Shakhtar Donetsk missing players

Kolos Kovalivka missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Shakhtar Donetsk Kolos Kovalivka
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Shakhtar Donetsk Last season Kolos Kovalivka
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   16 34
26 14   Won W   3 12
4 2   Drew D   1 2
2 0   Lost L   12 20
80 46   Scored S   12 38
26 11   Conceded C   34 60
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
75% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 79%
62% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 53%
47% 56%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 26%
31% 44%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 18%
47% 44%   BTTS BTTS   44% 44%
47% 56%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 21%
12% 12%   Failed to Score F T   50% 38%
 
6.1 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 4.5
3.9 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 6
2 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 3.1
3 2   Red cards R C   7 10
 
380 197   Total Shots T S   168 354
176 101   Shots on Target S O   70 138
45% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   17% 27%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Desna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Dnipro-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dynamo Kyiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Inhulets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Kolos Kovalivka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Lviv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Mariupol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Minai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Oleksandria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Olimpik Donetsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Rukh Vynnyky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Shakhtar Donetsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Vorskla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Zorya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 32 26 4 2 80 26 16 14 2 0 46 11 16 12 2 2 34 15 54 82
2 Dynamo Kyiv 32 18 5 9 65 35 16 9 3 4 32 16 16 9 2 5 33 19 30 59
3 Zorya 32 17 7 8 50 29 16 8 5 3 24 14 16 9 2 5 26 15 21 58
4 Desna 32 17 5 10 59 33 16 7 3 6 24 17 16 10 2 4 35 16 26 56
5 Oleksandria 32 14 7 11 49 47 16 9 2 5 28 25 16 5 5 6 21 22 2 49
6 Kolos Kovalivka 32 10 2 20 33 59 16 7 1 8 21 25 16 3 1 12 12 34 -26 32

Shakhtar Donetsk:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Desna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Dnipro-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dynamo Kyiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Inhulets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Kolos Kovalivka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Lviv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Mariupol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Minai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Oleksandria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Olimpik Donetsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Rukh Vynnyky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Shakhtar Donetsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Vorskla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Zorya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.