Premier League: What this game might not have in style it should pay back in guts and attitude. Bring on Vorskla - Metal Kharkiv!
- Metal Kharkiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This promises to be an exciting game with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Vorskla form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Vorskla at their home stadium (Stadion Vorskla im. Oleksiya Butov'skogo) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Vorskla, as their goalkeeper Pavlo Andriiovych Isenko has completely shut out the opponents for 192 minutes in the Premier League.
A good away victory last time out for Vorskla, who won 1-0 against Chornomorets (placed 13th).
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Inhulets.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Vorskla have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Vorskla have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Metal Kharkiv form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Metal Kharkiv so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-6 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Ognjenovic, the Kharkiv manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
There were no winners in Metal Kharkiv's previous match, the home game that ended 5-5 vs Veres (placed 12th). Drawing 5-5 against Veres after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Ognjenovic needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. As mentioned above, Kharkiv drew the match against Veres. Manager Ognjenovic brought on Naumets to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Shakhtar Donetsk's place.15 goals have been conceded by Metal Kharkiv in these games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Metal Kharkiv - Vorskla 2-2. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Priadun with 2 goals scored against Vorskla in these 1 encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Sulejmanov 9 goals |  M. Priadun 7 goals | M. Conceição Oliveira 3 goals |
Vorskla missing players
Metal Kharkiv missing players
| Vorskla | Metal Kharkiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 24 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 28 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 33 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 81% |
| 62% | 50% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 57% |
| 48% | 30% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 48% |
| 29% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 24% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 19% |
| 52% | 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 52% |
| 33% | 50% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 19% |
| 24% | 30% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | 48% |
| 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.1 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 7.5 | 8 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 6.4 | 6.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 30% | 28% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 38% | 39% |
| 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 11.5 | 10.5 |
| 4 | 3.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.5 | 5 |
- Metal Kharkiv have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Metal Kharkiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 37 | 52 |
| 2 | Dnipro-1 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 26 | 45 |
| 3 | Zorya | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 43 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 40 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 33 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 30 |
| 7 | Hirnyk | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 28 |
| 8 | Vorskla | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -4 | 26 |
| 9 | Inhulets | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 10 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -17 | 22 |
| 11 | Minai | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 21 |
| 12 | Veres | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Chornomorets | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | Rukh Vynnyky | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 19 |
| 15 | Metal Kharkiv | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -11 | 19 |
| 16 | Lviv | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -21 | 13 |
