Premier League: Top level vs below average, at least that's what the standings say. Zorya - Inhulets. Home win or a shock?
- Zorya have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Premier League
- Zorya have scored more than double the goals of Inhulets.
Zorya and Inhulets should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Zorya form and stats
Home games in the Premier League have been a walk in the park for Zorya so far, with 33 points won from 13 matches; 10 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. Zorya has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Slavutych-Arena. We remember; it was Kolos Kovalivka.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Zorya, as their goalkeeper Oleksandr Saputin has completely shut out the opponents for 316 minutes in the Premier League.
Zorya are returning here after visiting Metal Kharkiv and winning with a 5-0 scoreline. Brazhko, Guerrero, Shakhov and Imerekov scored the goal(s). As indicated by the result mentioned above, Zorya played a great game against Metal Kharkiv and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Before that, Zorya had a home game versus Metalist 1925 Kharkiv which ended with a victory 3-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Shakhtar Donetsk are coming to town in four days.
Goals are plentiful at Slavutych-Arena in the league this season as Zorya has scored 33 goals here in 13 home games. Zorya have conceded 14 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Inhulets form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Inhulets so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-5 (win-draw-lose).
Inhulets aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 525 league minutes without a goal. Kovalev was the last player to find the net.
Home advantage was not enough for Inhulets in their previous game as they lost hosting Shakhtar Donetsk, 0-2.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Rukh Vynnyky wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.Observe: 8 of the last 10 league games involving this team have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Inhulets as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 16 goals have been conceded by Inhulets in these games.
Head 2 Head
Zorya and Inhulets have played each other already this season: Inhulets - Zorya 1-0. Last nine meetings featuring these contenders: Zorya won five, Inhulets triumphed in two and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Rusyn 9 goals |  S. Buletsa 6 goals | V. Brazhko 6 goals |
Zorya missing players
Inhulets missing players
| Zorya | Inhulets | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 57 | 33 | 13 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 83% | 88% |
| 77% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 62% |
| 73% | 85% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 54% | 62% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 8% | 4% |
| 23% | 23% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 54% | 77% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 42% |
| 35% | 23% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 31% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 42% | 38% |
| 6 | 6.2 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 3.9 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.9 | 12.8 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.4 |
| 5.4 | 5.8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| 40% | 43% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | 25% |
| 7.7 | 8.2 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.8 | 8.4 |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
- Inhulets have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Inhulets have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Zorya have not yet lost a game at home.
- Zorya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zorya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Zorya have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Zorya have scored more than double the goals of Inhulets.
- Zorya have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Premier League
- Zorya have the most scored goals (33) at home in Premier League
- Zorya haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zorya is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 60 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 42 | 63 |
| 2 | Dnipro-1 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 35 | 58 |
| 3 | Zorya | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 57 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 29 | 58 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 50 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 25 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 37 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 39 |
| 6 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 35 |
| 7 | Vorskla | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -4 | 33 |
| 8 | Kolos Kovalivka | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -6 | 33 |
| 9 | Chornomorets | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | -6 | 29 |
| 10 | Veres | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | -7 | 27 |
| 11 | Inhulets | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 27 |
| 12 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -19 | 27 |
| 13 | Minai | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 26 |
| 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 |
