Football preview: Zorya favourites when Rukh Vynnyky arrive

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sun 02.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Dynamo im. Valery Lobanovsky (16873 seats)

We would expect a notable gulf in form between these sides based on results so far, with Zorya leading Rukh Vynnyky by 20 points.

Insights:
  • Zorya have the most points from losing position (12) in Premier League
  • Rukh Vynnyky have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Rukh Vynnyky, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.

Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their last game. Let's look for an enthusiastic fixture!

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Zorya form and stats

18 points is a decent return from 8 Premier League games here at Stadion Dynamo im. Valery Lobanovsky for Zorya. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.

Happy days for Zorya in their previous game, a fixture away at Dynamo Kyiv (placed 4th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.

Before that, Zorya had a home game versus Lviv which ended with a victory 3-1.

Goal fest? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 14 of the 18 latest league games with this club has contained three or more goals.

Zorya are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (21 goals in 8 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Zorya defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Rukh Vynnyky form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rukh Vynnyky so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).

Karabin was the last player to score for the away team. Rukh Vynnyky haven't scored a league goal in the last 194 minutes.

Vynnyky lost away at Shakhtar Donetsk (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

A loss against Kolos Kovalivka was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Rukh Vynnyky have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the records show this recent match: Rukh Vynnyky - Zorya 3-1. Previous five meetings involving these sides: Zorya won three, Rukh Vynnyky were winners in one and we saw one draw. two games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals. The matches between these teams have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 3 red cards from the last five encounters.

Top Goalscorers

ZoryaS. Buletsa
S. Buletsa
5 goals
ZoryaN. Rusyn
N. Rusyn
5 goals
ZoryaI. Kyryukhantsev
I. Kyryukhantsev
5 goals

Zorya missing players

Rukh Vynnyky missing players

Zorya Rukh Vynnyky
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 3 8 17
11 5 2 Won W 0 2 4
4 3 1 Drew D 1 2 5
3 0 0 Lost L 2 4 8
39 21 7 Scored S 1 7 19
25 12 4 Conceded C 6 13 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 82%
78% 88% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 53%
67% 88% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 24%
28% 38% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
67% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 65%
22% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 6%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 38% 29%
 
5.5 6 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 8.7 6.6 5.6
5.3 5.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 4.9 5.6
1.9 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.9 3.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
11.3 12.8 17 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.4 8.1
4.9 5.9 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.8
43% 45% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 25% 30%
 
7.9 8.8 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 8.9 9.1
4.2 3.8 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.8 3.6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Zorya's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Rukh Vynnyky have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
  • Rukh Vynnyky haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zorya have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Zorya have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Zorya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zorya have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Zorya have scored more than double the goals of Rukh Vynnyky.
  • Zorya have the most points from losing position (12) in Premier League
  • Zorya have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Premier League
  • Zorya haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 17 13 3 1 45 12 10 7 3 0 21 8 7 6 0 1 24 4 33 42
2 Dnipro-1 17 12 3 2 34 13 8 6 1 1 16 5 9 6 2 1 18 8 21 39
3 Zorya 18 11 4 3 39 25 8 5 3 0 21 12 10 6 1 3 18 13 14 37
4 Dynamo Kyiv 18 10 3 5 25 16 11 5 3 3 14 9 7 5 0 2 11 7 9 33
5 Oleksandria 17 7 7 3 29 25 9 5 3 1 20 13 8 2 4 2 9 12 4 28
6 Kolos Kovalivka 18 6 5 7 15 20 9 4 2 3 9 7 9 2 3 4 6 13 -5 23
7 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 18 6 4 8 14 21 9 4 2 3 6 8 9 2 2 5 8 13 -7 22
8 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 18 4 9 5 17 28 9 3 2 4 10 20 9 1 7 1 7 8 -11 21
9 Vorskla 18 5 5 8 22 25 9 3 3 3 9 8 9 2 2 5 13 17 -3 20
10 Inhulets 17 5 4 8 17 21 9 4 0 5 9 10 8 1 4 3 8 11 -4 19
11 Veres 18 5 3 10 20 26 8 0 2 6 6 14 10 5 1 4 14 12 -6 18
12 Chornomorets 18 4 6 8 16 23 9 1 3 5 5 13 9 3 3 3 11 10 -7 18
13 Minai 18 4 6 8 13 21 8 1 3 4 5 10 10 3 3 4 8 11 -8 18
14 Rukh Vynnyky 17 4 5 8 19 26 9 2 3 4 12 13 8 2 2 4 7 13 -7 17
15 Metal Kharkiv 18 4 5 9 17 27 8 1 3 4 6 13 10 3 2 5 11 14 -10 17
16 Lviv 17 3 4 10 13 26 8 2 2 4 9 14 9 1 2 6 4 12 -13 13

Read more about Premier League

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.