One-sided contest expected as Shakhtar Donetsk welcomes Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Fri 13.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist (40003 seats)

Shakhtar Donetsk receive Metalist 1925 Kharkiv for another appealing Premier League fixture here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist.

Little time to rest for the home team, as they played a Champions League fixture only three days back. This match was also played here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have had more rest.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Shakhtar Donetsk's two home games in the Premier League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist.

Shakhtar's previous game was a Champions League match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Genk. The home side are looking to build on that result.

Before that game, the home loss against Oleksandria with the scoreline 1-2.

Shakhtar Donetsk has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Metalist 1925 Kharkiv form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Premier League ended in defeat. Last season Metalist 1925 Kharkiv had these away match statistics: Played 15; won 8, drew 5 and lost 2.

The supporters enjoyed Metalist's previous game versus Chornomorets (placed 15th), a Premier League 3-2 win played at home.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Kolos Kovalivka's place.

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Shakhtar DonetskL. Traore
L. Traore
2 goals
Metalist 1925 KharkivY. Batyushin
Y. Batyushin
2 goals
ShakhtarV. Korniienko
V. Korniienko
1 goals

Shakhtar Donetsk missing players

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv missing players

Shakhtar Donetsk Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 2 1 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
6 3 1 Scored S 0 0 5
3 3 2 Conceded C 0 1 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 67%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 67%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 33%
 
5.7 6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 4.7
1.3 2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 6
1.7 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.3 15.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 8.3
6.7 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 3.7
30% 25% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 45%
Shakhtar Donetsk Last season Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   15 30
16 9   Won W   8 16
6 2   Drew D   5 8
4 2   Lost L   2 6
54 30   Scored S   18 36
19 9   Conceded C   10 22
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   73% 83%
77% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 53%
50% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 40%
35% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   7% 10%
15% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 7%
42% 54%   BTTS BTTS   33% 40%
46% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   53% 43%
15% 15%   Failed to Score F T   40% 33%
 
5.5 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4 5.3
3.6 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   3.5 3.8
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
2 1   Red cards R C   0 2
 
13.9 15   Shots (avg) S (   4.4 5.5
6 6.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.1 2.8
34% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   48% 37%

  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 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 6 9
2 Vorskla 3 2 1 0 8 3 3 2 1 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7
3 Dnipro-1 3 2 1 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 5 2 4 7
4 Dynamo Kyiv 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 6
5 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 2 0 1 6 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 6
6 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
7 Oleksandria 3 2 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 6
8 Kolos Kovalivka 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 Zorya 3 1 0 2 6 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 3
10 Minai 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
11 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 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 3
12 Mariupol 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 1
13 Veres 3 0 1 2 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 1
14 Lviv 3 0 1 2 2 8 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 -6 1
15 Chornomorets 3 0 0 3 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 6 -7 0
16 Inhulets 3 0 0 3 2 9 1 0 0 1 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 4 -7 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 Dynamo Kyiv 26 20 5 1 59 15 13 8 4 1 25 8 13 12 1 0 34 7 44 65
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 26 16 6 4 54 19 13 9 2 2 30 9 13 7 4 2 24 10 35 54
3 Zorya 26 15 5 6 44 22 13 8 3 2 23 10 13 7 2 4 21 12 22 50
4 Kolos Kovalivka 26 10 11 5 36 26 13 4 6 3 16 12 13 6 5 2 20 14 10 41
5 Vorskla 26 11 8 7 37 30 13 7 3 3 25 16 13 4 5 4 12 14 7 41
6 Desna 26 10 8 8 38 32 13 8 3 2 24 11 13 2 5 6 14 21 6 38
7 Dnipro-1 26 8 6 12 36 38 13 4 3 6 18 15 13 4 3 6 18 23 -2 30
8 Oleksandria 26 8 5 13 33 37 13 7 2 4 23 15 13 1 3 9 10 22 -4 29
9 Lviv 26 8 5 13 25 51 13 5 3 5 15 23 13 3 2 8 10 28 -26 29
10 Rukh Vynnyky 26 6 10 10 27 39 13 4 5 4 16 16 13 2 5 6 11 23 -12 28
11 Mariupol 26 6 8 12 27 41 13 2 3 8 14 24 13 4 5 4 13 17 -14 26
12 Inhulets 26 5 11 10 24 39 13 3 8 2 11 13 13 2 3 8 13 26 -15 26
13 Olimpik Donetsk 26 6 4 16 28 48 13 4 2 7 17 23 13 2 2 9 11 25 -20 22
14 Minai 26 4 6 16 16 47 13 4 2 7 11 21 13 0 4 9 5 26 -31 18
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 Veres 30 21 5 4 56 21 15 13 2 0 36 7 15 8 3 4 20 14 35 68
2 Chornomorets 30 18 7 5 45 23 15 10 2 3 25 10 15 8 5 2 20 13 22 61
3 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 30 16 8 6 36 22 15 8 3 4 18 12 15 8 5 2 18 10 14 56
4 Mykolaiv 30 15 8 7 49 23 15 9 3 3 31 11 15 6 5 4 18 12 26 53
5 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 30 15 7 8 46 27 15 9 4 2 28 12 15 6 3 6 18 15 19 52
6 Alians Lypova Dolyna 30 14 9 7 46 31 15 8 5 2 23 12 15 6 4 5 23 19 15 51
7 Volyn 30 13 7 10 39 28 15 8 4 3 24 13 15 5 3 7 15 15 11 46
8 Obolon'-Brovar 30 13 4 13 44 35 15 8 3 4 26 12 15 5 1 9 18 23 9 43
9 Hirnyk-Sport 30 11 5 14 43 45 15 4 2 9 19 23 15 7 3 5 24 22 -2 38
10 VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka 30 11 4 15 30 48 15 4 3 8 13 25 15 7 1 7 17 23 -18 37
11 Polessya 30 9 8 13 32 37 15 4 5 6 17 19 15 5 3 7 15 18 -5 35
12 Avanhard 30 9 5 16 32 51 15 5 1 9 18 26 15 4 4 7 14 25 -19 32
13 Nyva Ternopil' 30 8 7 15 30 50 15 5 4 6 15 17 15 3 3 9 15 33 -20 31
14 Prykarpattia 30 8 6 16 25 45 15 6 3 6 16 16 15 2 3 10 9 29 -20 30
15 Kremin' 30 6 6 18 23 50 15 3 4 8 10 20 15 3 2 10 13 30 -27 24
16 Krystal 30 3 4 23 21 61 15 1 2 12 13 30 15 2 2 11 8 31 -40 13

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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.