The Zorya & Desna managers V. Skripnik and O. Ryabokon are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier League league table.
- Zorya has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Premier League
- Desna has the most points from losing position (6) in Premier League
Zorya form and stats
2-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Zorya so far this season. Zorya haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Mariupol, 152 days ago.
It's back home for Zorya, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Desna away with the result 1-0. V. Yurchenko found the net in that victory. In the game before, an away victory match versus Desna with a 1-0 scoreline.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Zorya handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, three draws and two defeats.
The Zorya fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Zorya have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Desna form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Desna have produced an overall stat of 1-4-1 so far. Two points from the last two away games for Desna, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
258 minutes! That's how long the Desna goalkeeper Evgen Past and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Desna might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Zorya proved too strong as Desna slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion im. Yuriya Haharina. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Zorya.
Desna are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of four matches.
Desna find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. 6 goals have been conceded by Desna in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Desna - Zorya 3-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Zorya won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Desna has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sixTop Goalscorers
  V. Kochergin 5 goals |  P. Budkivskyi 5 goals | D. Ivanisenya 4 goals |
Zorya missing players
Desna missing players
| Zorya | Desna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 69% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 38% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.8 | 14.8 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 11.7 | 12.6 |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 38% | 32% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 32% |
- Desna has the most points from losing position (6) in Premier League
- Zorya has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Premier League
- Zorya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 22 | 29 |
| 3 | Desna | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Zorya | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 20 |
| 5 | Vorskla | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | Olimpik Donetsk | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Oleksandria | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Mariupol | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 16 |
| 10 | Inhulets | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 11 | Minai | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 10 |
| 12 | Rukh Vynnyky | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 9 |
| 13 | Lviv | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -18 | 9 |
| 14 | Dnipro-1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -12 | 8 |