A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and 10th place in the table will show on the pitch.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Zorya and Karpaty.
Karpaty have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Zorya form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Zorya have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 8 games. Zorya has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Slavutych-Arena. We remember; it was Mariupol.
The Zorya supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Karpaty in Premier League and win 2-0. Heartbreak before that as Zorya lost 0-1 at Oleksandria's place.
Zorya are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found three matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W3-D0-L0.
Zorya have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Slavutych-Arena with 14 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, Zorya have conceded only 6 goals.
Karpaty form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Karpaty so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Karpaty, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Zorya (placed 2nd). A loss against Olimpik Donetsk was the result prior to that, in a home game.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Karpaty played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 1 time.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Karpaty as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Karpaty have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Zorya - Karpaty 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zorya 7 wins, 3 draws and Karpaty 0 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Lednev 8 goals |  V. Yurchenko 5 goals |  N. Rusyn 5 goals |
Zorya missing players
Karpaty missing players
| Zorya | Karpaty | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 31 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 88% |
| 69% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 88% | 81% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 12% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 5.5 | 6.2 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.1 | 4.9 |
| 3.7 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.6 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 218 | 128 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 72 | 152 |
| 82 | 43 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 25 | 52 |
| 34% | 33% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 28% | 23% |
- Karpaty have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Karpaty have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Zorya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Zorya have scored more than double the goals of Karpaty.
- Zorya have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 37 | 43 |
| 2 | Zorya | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 31 |
| 3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 22 | 30 |
| 4 | Desna | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 27 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Dnipro-1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 18 |
| 7 | Olimpik Donetsk | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -10 | 18 |
| 8 | Mariupol | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 17 |
| 9 | Kolos Kovalivka | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -16 | 17 |
| 10 | Karpaty | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -13 | 11 |
| 11 | Lviv | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -19 | 11 |
| 12 | Vorskla | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -19 | 11 |