Balkany Zorya vs Hirnyk match preview

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Competition: Ukraine Second League: Group B
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

The visiting Hirnyk side should be favourites in this visit to Balkany Zorya, as the away team holds a 25 point advantage from their 18 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Balkany Zorya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hirnyk have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Second League: Group B

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Balkany Zorya form and stats

When playing at home in the Second League: Group B, Balkany Zorya have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 9 games.

B. Prybluda was the last player to score a league goal for Balkany and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Balkany Zorya haven't scored in 227 minutes.

Balkany are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Balkany's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hirnyk form and stats

As the visiting team in Second League: Group B matches, Hirnyk have produced an overall stat of 4-3-1 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Hirnyk as they haven't lost any of their last 15 games. Hirnyk has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

The Hirnyk goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 438 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

As mentioned above, Hirnyk was the only team on the pitch versus Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.

Hirnyk has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. Hirnyk have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Hirnyk - Balkany Zorya 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

HirnykS. Gvozdevych
S. Gvozdevych
9 goals
HirnykI. Buka
I. Buka
6 goals
HirnykA. Grygoryk
A. Grygoryk
5 goals

Balkany Zorya missing players

Hirnyk missing players

Balkany Zorya Hirnyk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 3 8 18
4 4 0 Won W 3 4 12
4 1 0 Drew D 0 3 5
10 4 3 Lost L 0 1 1
14 11 1 Scored S 5 13 44
24 10 7 Conceded C 1 8 11
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 67%
33% 44% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 44%
22% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 39%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 33%
33% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 62% 44%
22% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 25% 50%
56% 44% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 11%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
5.6 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 6.6 7.9
1.2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 2.8 3.9
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 36% 56%
Key stats in Second League: Group B this season:
  • Balkany Zorya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hirnyk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Hirnyk have scored more than double the goals of Balkany Zorya.
  • Hirnyk have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Second League: Group B
  • Hirnyk have the most points from losing position (10) in Second League: Group B
  • Hirnyk have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Second League: Group B
  • Hirnyk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Metal Kharkiv 18 16 2 0 54 2 9 8 1 0 31 1 9 8 1 0 23 1 52 50
2 Hirnyk 18 12 5 1 44 11 10 8 2 0 31 3 8 4 3 1 13 8 33 41
3 Metalurh Zaporizhya 18 12 4 2 39 14 9 6 2 1 24 9 9 6 2 1 15 5 25 40
4 Tavriya 17 9 4 4 26 20 8 4 3 1 10 8 9 5 1 3 16 12 6 31
5 MSK Dnipro Cherkasy 16 5 6 5 13 20 8 3 2 3 7 10 8 2 4 2 6 10 -7 21
6 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 18 5 4 9 22 31 9 3 3 3 16 12 9 2 1 6 6 19 -9 19
7 Cherkashchyna-Akademiya 9 5 3 1 14 7 5 4 1 0 8 2 4 1 2 1 6 5 7 18
8 Peremoga 16 3 7 6 12 19 8 3 3 2 9 10 8 0 4 4 3 9 -7 16
9 Balkany Zorya 18 4 4 10 14 24 9 4 1 4 11 10 9 0 3 6 3 14 -10 16
10 Yarud Mariupol' 17 4 4 9 18 34 9 2 3 4 9 15 8 2 1 5 9 19 -16 16
11 Real Pharm 17 4 2 11 10 32 9 3 1 5 8 11 8 1 1 6 2 21 -22 14
12 Nikopol 17 2 4 11 11 34 9 1 3 5 5 11 8 1 1 6 6 23 -23 10
13 Mykolaiv II 17 1 3 13 8 37 6 0 1 5 3 11 11 1 2 8 5 26 -29 6

Read more about Second League: Group B

The Ukrainian Second League (Druha Liha) is the third highest level in the Ukrainian football league pyramid. It is divided into two groups with ten teams each. Each team plays 27 fixtures to decide a final league table, with the winner of each group earning promotion. The final format of this league is yet to be decided.