Evenly matched teams: Zorya vs Dnipro-1 match preview

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Slavutych-Arena (11983 seats)

Both participants are revelling in a sweet season so far and games like today could be decisive. Here's the preview for Zorya - Dnipro-1!

Insights:
  • Zorya have the most points from losing position (12) in Premier League
  • Dnipro-1 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premier League

This could be an absorbing game with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Zorya form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Slavutych-Arena as Zorya have scored 24 goals to get 21 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 6-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Zorya bring valid hopes of a third.

Zorya lost their last game at Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (placed 6th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Until that match this team had gone eight consecutive league games without losing.

Before that, Zorya had a home game versus Rukh Vynnyky which ended with a victory 3-0.

Goal fest? Who knows the future, but we do know that 15 of the 20 most recent league matches with this team has contained at least three goals.

Zorya are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Slavutych-Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 24 goals in 9 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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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 23 points from their 10 away matches in the Premier League. 7 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Dnipro-1 are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Dnipro-1 go into this game after a win, the home game against Lviv that ended 5-2. As you can tell from the result, the match against Lviv was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

Preceding that game was the away victory against Metalist 1925 Kharkiv with the score of 3-0.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Dnipro-1 are regular goalscorers on their travels. Dnipro-1 are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Zorya and Dnipro-1 have faced off already this season: Dnipro-1 - Zorya 3-0. Zorya-Dnipro-1 H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Zorya five wins, Dnipro-1 two wins, one draw. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Dnipro-1A. Dovbyk
A. Dovbyk
17 goals
ZoryaS. Buletsa
S. Buletsa
6 goals
ZoryaN. Rusyn
N. Rusyn
6 goals

Zorya missing players

Dnipro-1 missing players

Zorya Dnipro-1
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 2 Played P 2 10 20
12 6 2 Won W 1 7 14
4 3 0 Drew D 1 2 4
4 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
42 24 7 Scored S 5 21 42
26 12 3 Conceded C 2 8 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 75%
75% 89% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 70% 65%
60% 78% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 30%
25% 33% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
60% 89% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 45%
25% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 50%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
5.4 5.9 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.3 5.5
4.9 4.7 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 1.7 2.2
1.8 1.4 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 1.6
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 11.9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 10.5 10.8
4.9 5.6 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 4.4 5.2
42% 48% 78% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 48% 41%
 
7.4 7.9 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 4.8 4.7
4 3.3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.5 2.4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Zorya's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 in all their away matches so far.
  • Dnipro-1 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premier League
  • Dnipro-1 have the most points (23) away in Premier League
  • Dnipro-1 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Dnipro-1 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Zorya have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Zorya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zorya have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Zorya have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premier League
  • Zorya have the most points from losing position (12) in Premier League
  • Zorya have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Premier League
  • Zorya 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 19 14 4 1 48 14 11 8 3 0 22 8 8 6 1 1 26 6 34 46
2 Dnipro-1 19 14 3 2 42 15 9 7 1 1 21 7 10 7 2 1 21 8 27 45
3 Zorya 20 12 4 4 42 26 9 6 3 0 24 12 11 6 1 4 18 14 16 40
4 Dynamo Kyiv 20 12 3 5 29 16 12 6 3 3 16 9 8 6 0 2 13 7 13 39
5 Oleksandria 19 8 8 3 33 26 11 6 4 1 24 14 8 2 4 2 9 12 7 32
6 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 20 8 4 8 17 22 10 5 2 3 7 8 10 3 2 5 10 14 -5 28
7 Kolos Kovalivka 20 7 6 7 18 20 10 5 2 3 12 7 10 2 4 4 6 13 -2 27
8 Vorskla 20 6 5 9 23 28 10 4 3 3 10 8 10 2 2 6 13 20 -5 23
9 Inhulets 19 6 4 9 19 23 9 4 0 5 9 10 10 2 4 4 10 13 -4 22
10 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 20 4 9 7 17 34 10 3 2 5 10 23 10 1 7 2 7 11 -17 21
11 Chornomorets 20 4 8 8 19 26 10 1 4 5 7 15 10 3 4 3 12 11 -7 20
12 Veres 20 5 4 11 21 28 9 0 2 7 7 16 11 5 2 4 14 12 -7 19
13 Rukh Vynnyky 19 4 6 9 19 29 10 2 4 4 12 13 9 2 2 5 7 16 -10 18
14 Metal Kharkiv 20 4 6 10 17 28 9 1 4 4 6 13 11 3 2 6 11 15 -11 18
15 Minai 20 4 6 10 14 25 9 1 3 5 6 12 11 3 3 5 8 13 -11 18
16 Lviv 19 3 4 12 15 33 9 2 2 5 9 16 10 1 2 7 6 17 -18 13

Read more about Premier League

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.