The league table in Premier League tells a story about these teams so far, with Zorya leading Lviv by 21 points. Match preview to follow:
It's no vacation for neither Zorya nor Lviv as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Lviv when visiting Zorya as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Zorya are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Lviv it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.
Zorya form and stats
Zorya have played 10 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Zorya last time playing, versus Olimpik Donetsk. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Vladyslav Kabaev scoring for the victors. In the game before, an away victory match versus Mariupol with a 2-1 scoreline.
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 four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew zero and lost zero.
There will be little rest for Zorya after this match as they are travelling to Desna for a Premier League game in only three days.
Zorya have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Slavutych-Arena with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Zorya are not conceding a lot of goals here at Slavutych-Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.
Lviv form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Lviv playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Lviv's last game was the home draw against Oleksandria (1-1). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Olimpik Donetsk at their stadium, the result 1-0.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Lviv played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Karpaty in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lviv as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Lviv have conceded 17 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Lviv - Zorya 0-0 earlier this season. Last eight meetings between the teams: Zorya won two, Lviv won one and five draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 B. Lednev 10 goals | V. Kabaiev 5 goals |  V. Yurchenko 5 goals |
Zorya missing players
Lviv missing players
| Zorya | Lviv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 37 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 17 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 9 | 17 | 33 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 85% |
| 70% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 65% |
| 55% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 30% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 30% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 40% | 35% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 25% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 55% |
| 5.8 | 6.2 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 4.4 | 2.7 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 268 | 152 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 72 | 143 |
| 105 | 52 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 33 | 66 |
| 32% | 31% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 27% | 24% |
- Lviv has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Lviv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Lviv have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Zorya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Zorya have scored more than double the goals of Lviv.
- 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 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 41 | 53 |
| 2 | Zorya | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 23 | 39 |
| 4 | Desna | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 19 | 36 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 34 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -11 | 26 |
| 7 | Dnipro-1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 22 |
| 8 | Mariupol | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -14 | 22 |
| 9 | Lviv | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -17 | 19 |
| 10 | Olimpik Donetsk | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -18 | 18 |
| 11 | Vorskla | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 22 | -21 | 17 |
| 12 | Karpaty | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -19 | 12 |