Metalurh Zaporizhya fights MSK Dnipro Cherkasy in Second League: Group B battle

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Competition: Ukraine Second League: Group B
Competition: Fri 04.June
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)

The home side Metalurh Zaporizhya should be the favourites in this game, but MSK Dnipro Cherkasy have shown both skill and courage. Read more about the game!

Insights:
  • Metalurh Zaporizhya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • MSK Dnipro Cherkasy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Metalurh Zaporizhya and MSK Dnipro Cherkasy should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

MSK Dnipro Cherkasy are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Metalurh Zaporizhya form and stats

Metalurh Zaporizhya are steadily winning Second League: Group B games and points here. 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games.

The Zaporizhya fans got no joy from their last match, a Second League: Group B game also here: A 1-2 defeat against Metal Kharkiv (placed 1st).

Prior to that, an away loss at Hirnyk.

Metalurh Zaporizhya are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (25 goals in 10 games). On the other hand, Zaporizhya have conceded 11 goals.

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MSK Dnipro Cherkasy form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for MSK Dnipro Cherkasy so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose). Cherkasy seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

The supporters enjoyed MSK Dnipro Cherkasy's previous game versus Balkany Zorya (placed 9th), a Second League: Group B 2-1 win played at home.

Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka's place.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cherkasy as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as MSK Dnipro Cherkasy have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: MSK Dnipro Cherkasy - Zaporizhya 0-1.

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Metalurh Zaporizhya MSK Dnipro Cherkasy
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
12 6 2 Won W 0 2 7
4 2 1 Drew D 0 4 6
4 2 0 Lost L 3 4 7
40 25 6 Scored S 0 6 16
18 11 1 Conceded C 10 18 29
95% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
85% 90% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 55%
55% 80% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 45%
30% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 40% 30%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 10% 5%
45% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 30% 35%
45% 40% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 30%
15% 10% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 45%
 
5.5 5.7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.8 4.1
4.1 4.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 7.8 5.6
2.4 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.2 6 7 Shots (avg) S ( 2 7.2 6.8
2.8 3.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 2.6
56% 65% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 31%
Key stats in Second League: Group B this season:
  • MSK Dnipro Cherkasy have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • MSK Dnipro Cherkasy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • MSK Dnipro Cherkasy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Metalurh Zaporizhya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Metalurh Zaporizhya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Metalurh Zaporizhya have scored more than double the goals of MSK Dnipro Cherkasy.

  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 21 19 2 0 62 5 10 9 1 0 34 2 11 10 1 0 28 3 57 59
2 Hirnyk 20 14 5 1 50 11 11 9 2 0 33 3 9 5 3 1 17 8 39 47
3 Metalurh Zaporizhya 20 12 4 4 40 18 10 6 2 2 25 11 10 6 2 2 15 7 22 40
4 Tavriya 20 11 5 4 34 20 10 5 4 1 15 8 10 6 1 3 19 12 14 38
5 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 21 8 3 10 29 33 10 4 2 4 19 13 11 4 1 6 10 20 -4 27
6 MSK Dnipro Cherkasy 20 7 6 7 16 29 10 5 2 3 10 11 10 2 4 4 6 18 -13 27
7 Peremoga 20 5 7 8 20 25 10 4 2 4 12 12 10 1 5 4 8 13 -5 22
8 Yarud Mariupol' 19 5 4 10 19 37 10 3 3 4 10 15 9 2 1 6 9 22 -18 19
9 Balkany Zorya 20 4 5 11 16 28 10 4 2 4 12 11 10 0 3 7 4 17 -12 17
10 Real Pharm 20 4 3 13 11 37 10 3 1 6 9 15 10 1 2 7 2 22 -26 15
11 Nikopol 19 3 5 11 14 36 9 1 3 5 5 11 10 2 2 6 9 25 -22 14
12 Mykolaiv II 20 1 5 14 12 44 10 0 3 7 7 20 10 1 2 7 5 24 -32 8
13 Cherkashchyna-Akademiya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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.