Minai have come here for an engaging duel versus the hosting Zorya. Get smart on the game with this in-depth Premier League preview!
Minai could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Dynamo Kyiv, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Minai.
Zorya form and stats
Two Premier League home games so far for Zorya, who are yet to win here at Slavutych-Arena. Only 0 points so far. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Zorya, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The Zorya fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Slavutych-Arena: A 1-2 defeat against Dynamo Kyiv (placed 1st). Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Denis Favorov for missing a penalty kick versus Dynamo Kyiv in the 76th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Inhulets with a 5-1 scoreline.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Zorya home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in eight wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.
There will be little rest for Zorya after this match as they are travelling to San Simon for a Europa League game in only four days.
At Slavutych-Arena, Zorya has the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Minai form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Premier League ended in defeat. Last season Minai had these away match statistics: Played 13; won 0, drew 4 and lost 9.
There might be some fixture complaints from Minai as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Premier League match against Dynamo Kyiv (0-2).
Before that, Minai secured a home win against Oleksandria with the score 1-0.You'll want to know how Minai managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, one draw and zero home wins.
0 goals so far away for Minai, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: two - zero - zero (Zorya wins - draws - Minai wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Zorya missing players
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| Zorya | Minai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 5.3 | 5.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.3 | 10.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 4.7 | 2.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 43% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| Zorya | Last season | Minai | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 44 | 23 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 26 | 47 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 73% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 65% | ||
| 46% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 54% | ||
| 27% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 23% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 42% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 35% | ||
| 46% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 15% | ||
| 15% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 69% | 62% | ||
| 5.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 7.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 24% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Desna | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Vorskla | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Dnipro-1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Oleksandria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Kolos Kovalivka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Zorya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Minai | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Olimpik Donetsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Rukh Vynnyky | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Mariupol | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Veres | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 14 | Lviv | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 15 | Chornomorets | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
| 16 | Inhulets | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 44 | 65 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 35 | 54 |
| 3 | Zorya | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 22 | 50 |
| 4 | Kolos Kovalivka | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 41 |
| 5 | Vorskla | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | Desna | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 38 |
| 7 | Dnipro-1 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | -2 | 30 |
| 8 | Oleksandria | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -4 | 29 |
| 9 | Lviv | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 51 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 28 | -26 | 29 |
| 10 | Rukh Vynnyky | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -12 | 28 |
| 11 | Mariupol | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 41 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -14 | 26 |
| 12 | Inhulets | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 24 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -15 | 26 |
| 13 | Olimpik Donetsk | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 48 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -20 | 22 |
| 14 | Minai | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 26 | -31 | 18 |