Premier League match preview: Zorya versus Kolos Kovalivka

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Fri 16.October
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Slavutych-Arena (11983 seats)

The Premier League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Zorya and Kolos Kovalivka are placed 9th and 3rd respectively.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Zorya form and stats

Zorya have less points than they have played home games in the Premier League so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 1 point.

An away draw last time out for Zorya, facing Dynamo Kyiv in a game that ended 1-1. In the preceding match a 5-0 victory visiting Lviv.

Zorya has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Kolos Kovalivka form and stats

Kolos Kovalivka are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

180 minutes! That's how long the Kovalivka goalkeeper Evgeniy Volynets and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Kovalivka won their last game, 1-0 versus Mariupol played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Prykarpattia.

Pavlo Orikhovskyi came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Mariupol last time out, making the manager R. Kostyshyn feel like a tactical genius. Late drama in the previous game, when Pavlo Orikhovskyi scored the winning goal six minutes into stoppage time to defeat Mariupol.

Kolos Kovalivka have the goal stats of 3-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Zorya won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Kolos Kovalivka has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / three

Top Goalscorers

ZoryaA. Gromov
A. Gromov
2 goals
ZoryaV. Kochergin
V. Kochergin
2 goals
ZoryaV. Yurchenko
V. Yurchenko
2 goals

Zorya missing players

Kolos Kovalivka missing players

Zorya Kolos Kovalivka
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 0 2 5
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
9 2 2 Scored S 0 3 8
7 3 2 Conceded C 0 4 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 80%
80% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 60%
60% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 60%
60% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 40%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 60%
20% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4.5 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
55 18 6 Total Shots T S 0 12 54
27 8 2 Shots on Target S O 0 4 18
33% 25% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 75% 44%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Kolos Kovalivka's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Kolos Kovalivka has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Premier League
  • Kolos Kovalivka have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Zorya has the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Premier League
  • Zorya has the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Premier League
  • Zorya have yet to win a game at home.
  • Zorya haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Zorya Last season Kolos Kovalivka
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   16 34
17 8   Won W   3 12
7 5   Drew D   1 2
8 3   Lost L   12 20
50 24   Scored S   12 38
29 14   Conceded C   34 60
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
66% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 79%
47% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 53%
28% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 26%
9% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 18%
47% 50%   BTTS BTTS   44% 44%
44% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 21%
19% 6%   Failed to Score F T   50% 38%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
3.2 3.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 3.1
5 2   Red cards R C   7 10
 
457 250   Total Shots T S   168 354
168 91   Shots on Target S O   70 138
28% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   17% 27%

  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 5 3 2 0 12 3 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 8 1 9 11
2 Vorskla 5 3 2 0 11 4 3 2 1 0 7 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 7 11
3 Kolos Kovalivka 5 3 1 1 8 4 3 2 1 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 4 10
4 Shakhtar Donetsk 5 2 3 0 10 6 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 0 3 0 5 5 4 9
5 Desna 5 2 3 0 9 5 3 2 1 0 8 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 9
6 Olimpik Donetsk 5 3 0 2 10 9 3 2 0 1 7 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 9
7 Mariupol 5 2 1 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 2 4 6 -2 7
8 Oleksandria 5 2 0 3 10 8 3 2 0 1 8 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 6
9 Zorya 5 1 2 2 9 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 7 4 2 5
10 Inhulets 5 0 4 1 3 5 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 4
11 Minai 4 1 1 2 2 8 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 4 -6 4
12 Dnipro-1 5 0 2 3 6 12 3 0 1 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 5 -6 2
13 Rukh Vynnyky 5 0 2 3 5 11 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 3 8 -6 2
14 Lviv 4 0 1 3 1 12 1 0 0 1 0 5 3 0 1 2 1 7 -11 1

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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.