Pre-match info: 15 points separate the participants ahead of this match, Oleksandria having done best. Will Veres upset the odds?
- Veres have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
The visiting Oleksandria played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match.
Veres form and stats
With 2 Premier League wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Veres are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Veres are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Shakhtar Donetsk.
Ahead of that match, Veres won a home game hosting Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (1-0).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 (12 from 13 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 20 goals have been conceded.
Oleksandria form and stats
Playing away, Oleksandria have won 4 games, drawn 6 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.
The manager Rotan was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground KSK Nika. Oleksandria suffered a 1-5 loss to Dynamo Kyiv (placed 4th). That loss was their first after four consecutive league matches winning points. Oleksandria lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Kolos Kovalivka.A tale of few goals? 9 of this side's latest 12 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.
A new game in only four days for Oleksandria, the Premier League home match versus Zorya. Busy days.
The visiting Oleksandria have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 13 games. As opposed to that, Oleksandria have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Oleksandria have avoided a loss in the last 4 matches (1-3-0) versus Veres.The teams have met each other before in this season, with the result Oleksandria - Veres 3-2 entered in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Tretyakov 7 goals |   A. Bliznichenko 5 goals |  A. Tsurikov 5 goals |
Veres missing players
Oleksandria missing players
| Veres | Oleksandria | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 14 | 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 32 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 40 |
| 40 | 20 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 35 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 77% | 85% |
| 63% | 62% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 69% | 81% |
| 44% | 46% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 46% | 52% |
| 30% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 33% |
| 15% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 19% |
| 52% | 54% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 62% | 67% |
| 15% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 38% | 33% |
| 37% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 23% | 15% |
| 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.2 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| 5.6 | 5.3 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.8 | 8.7 | 4.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 7.4 | 8.7 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 33% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 31% | 38% |
| 7.4 | 7 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.2 | 6.6 | 7 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3 | 3 |
- Veres have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Veres haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 27 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 62 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 43 | 66 |
| 2 | Dnipro-1 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 37 | 64 |
| 3 | Zorya | 27 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 59 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 31 | 61 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 27 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 18 | 53 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 40 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 42 |
| 6 | Vorskla | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -3 | 36 |
| 7 | Hirnyk | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 35 |
| 8 | Kolos Kovalivka | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 33 |
| 9 | Chornomorets | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | -7 | 29 |
| 10 | Minai | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 29 |
| 11 | Veres | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | -8 | 27 |
| 12 | Inhulets | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -13 | 27 |
| 13 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -19 | 27 |
| 14 | Rukh Vynnyky | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -10 | 24 |
| 15 | Metal Kharkiv | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -23 | 22 |
| 16 | Lviv | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 23 | -28 | 13 |
