Creeping up on the top clubs is the subject when these two mid-table clubs duel. Both will be targeting to improve their league table standing, Veres in 8th and Metalist 1925 Kharkiv in 9th spot.
- Veres have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Premier League
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their last game. Let's hope for an enthusiastic game!
Veres form and stats
12 points is a decent return from 6 Premier League games here at Stadion Kolos for Veres. The data says 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Veres tasted defeat here at Stadion Kolos, as they have taken at least one point from their last 23 home games in the league.
Stress levels are on the rise for Veres's attacking players as they have now played 190 minutes without scoring in a league game. M. Shestakov was their last goal scorer.
The fans are hoping that Veres will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Premier League game against Zorya (placed 3rd).
Preceding that game was the away draw at Inhulets that finished 0-0.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 Veres have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won four, drawn zero and lost one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Veres here at Stadion Kolos in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). Defensively Veres have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
Metalist play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Oleksandria (placed 6th).
A 1-6 loss hosting Zorya before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Metalist 1925 Kharkiv in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, two draws and two defeats.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Metalist have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Veres victories, one draw and one Metalist 1925 Kharkiv wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Conceição Oliveira 4 goals |  M. Shestakov 3 goals | Y. Batyushin 3 goals |
Veres missing players
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv missing players
| Veres | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 15 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 79% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 79% |
| 36% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 50% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 43% |
| 57% | 83% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 43% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 71% | 43% |
| 4 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.9 | 4.6 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.5 | 7.8 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.6 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2 | 2.9 |
| 29% | 28% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 29% | 39% |
| 9.6 | 6.8 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.3 | 11 |
| 3.1 | 1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Veres have not yet lost a game at home.
- Veres have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Veres have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Premier League
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 30 | 35 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 28 | 35 |
| 3 | Zorya | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 29 |
| 4 | Vorskla | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | Dnipro-1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Desna | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 21 |
| 8 | Veres | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 19 |
| 10 | Rukh Vynnyky | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 13 |
| 11 | Chornomorets | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -13 | 11 |
| 12 | Kolos Kovalivka | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 11 |
| 13 | Lviv | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -13 | 10 |
| 14 | Inhulets | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -14 | 9 |
| 15 | Minai | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 8 |
| 16 | Mariupol | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -15 | 7 |