Soccer match preview: Dnipro-1 confident before travelling to Veres

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Kolos (20000 seats)

Veres will hope that their home advantage is enough to get some points from this gruelling battle, versus frisky Dnipro-1.

Insights:
  • Veres have the fewest points (2) at home in Premier League
  • Dnipro-1 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Veres form and stats

Veres's struggle is real here at Stadion Kolos with only 2 points collected from 7 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-2-5. Veres are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadion Kolos with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts.

The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Vorskla last time out and are looking for a win here.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Chornomorets (1-3).

Veres have scored {6 league goals} here from 7 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Veres defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Dnipro-1 form and stats

Dnipro-1's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Dnipro-1 collect 17 points from their 8 away matches in the Premier League. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

The manager Kucher was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Dnipro Arena. Dnipro-1 suffered a 0-1 loss to Dynamo Kyiv (placed 4th).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Oleksandria that ended 2-2.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Dnipro-1 are regular goalscorers on their travels.

Head 2 Head

The latest recorded history between these teams is the Dnipro-1 - Veres 2-0 played previously this season. Statistics for the previous two meetings involving these two squads are: zero wins for Veres, zero draws and two wins for Dnipro-1. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Dnipro-1A. Dovbyk
A. Dovbyk
12 goals
Dnipro-1O. Pikhalyonok
O. Pikhalyonok
5 goals
VeresD. Klots
D. Klots
4 goals

Veres missing players

Dnipro-1 missing players

Veres Dnipro-1
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 7 3 Played P 3 8 16
5 0 0 Won W 3 5 11
3 2 0 Drew D 0 2 3
9 5 3 Lost L 0 1 2
20 6 0 Scored S 7 17 33
25 13 4 Conceded C 2 8 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 71% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 88% 81%
47% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 75% 69%
35% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 31%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 6%
53% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 62% 50%
12% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 38% 44%
35% 43% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
4.5 5.1 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 4.4 5.4
5.5 5.9 7.3 Corners against (avg) C A 1 1.2 2.2
2.6 2.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.2 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.6 6.6 3.7 Shots (avg) S ( 15 10 11
3.2 2.6 1.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4 5.1
37% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 53% 40%
 
6.5 7.1 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 4 4.1 4.6
2.9 3.1 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 2.1 2.2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Dnipro-1 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dnipro-1 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Dnipro-1 have scored at least twice as many goals away as Veres have scored home.
  • Dnipro-1 have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Dnipro-1 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Dnipro-1 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dnipro-1 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Veres have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Veres have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Veres have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Veres have the fewest points (2) at home in Premier League
  • Veres have yet to win a game at home.
  • Veres 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 16 12 3 1 43 12 9 6 3 0 19 8 7 6 0 1 24 4 31 39
2 Dnipro-1 16 11 3 2 33 13 8 6 1 1 16 5 8 5 2 1 17 8 20 36
3 Zorya 17 10 4 3 38 25 8 5 3 0 21 12 9 5 1 3 17 13 13 34
4 Dynamo Kyiv 17 10 3 4 25 15 10 5 3 2 14 8 7 5 0 2 11 7 10 33
5 Oleksandria 16 7 6 3 29 25 9 5 3 1 20 13 7 2 3 2 9 12 4 27
6 Kolos Kovalivka 17 6 5 6 15 19 8 4 2 2 9 6 9 2 3 4 6 13 -4 23
7 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 17 6 3 8 12 19 9 4 2 3 6 8 8 2 1 5 6 11 -7 21
8 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 17 4 8 5 17 28 9 3 2 4 10 20 8 1 6 1 7 8 -11 20
9 Vorskla 17 5 4 8 22 25 8 3 2 3 9 8 9 2 2 5 13 17 -3 19
10 Inhulets 16 5 4 7 16 19 8 4 0 4 8 8 8 1 4 3 8 11 -3 19
11 Veres 17 5 3 9 20 25 7 0 2 5 6 13 10 5 1 4 14 12 -5 18
12 Rukh Vynnyky 16 4 5 7 19 24 9 2 3 4 12 13 7 2 2 3 7 11 -5 17
13 Metal Kharkiv 17 4 4 9 17 27 7 1 2 4 6 13 10 3 2 5 11 14 -10 16
14 Chornomorets 17 3 6 8 14 22 9 1 3 5 5 13 8 2 3 3 9 9 -8 15
15 Minai 17 3 6 8 12 21 8 1 3 4 5 10 9 2 3 4 7 11 -9 15
16 Lviv 16 3 3 10 11 24 7 2 1 4 7 12 9 1 2 6 4 12 -13 12

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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.