Football tips: Nikopol vs Metalurh Zaporizhya - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Ukraine Second League: Group B
Competition: Sat 05.September
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)

A new Second League: Group B season is about to begin and this is the first proper game for Nikopol and Metalurh Zaporizhya. Bring it on!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Nikopol form and stats

Nikopol have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Nikopol scored 2 goals and let in 4 goals during these one game.

Last season, Nikopol's league statistics were 6 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Second League: Group B. Over these 20 matches they scored 22 goals and conceded 24. Playing at home last season Nikopol managed 3-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 8 conceded.

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Metalurh Zaporizhya form and stats

After this away game Metalurh Zaporizhya return home for a Ukrainian Cup game against Avanhard. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The last season was not a pleasant experience for Zaporizhya as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 6 victories from 29 games, relegation was a fact. Metalurh Zaporizhya's manager V. Mykytyn are hoping to lead the team right back to Persha Liga at the first attempt.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Nikopol five wins, zero draws and Metalurh Zaporizhya three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NikopolS. Mandrovskiy
S. Mandrovskiy
9 goals
NikopolS. Tverdoukh
S. Tverdoukh
2 goals

Nikopol missing players

Metalurh Zaporizhya missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nikopol Metalurh Zaporizhya
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Nikopol Last season Metalurh Zaporizhya
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
20 10   Played P   14 29
6 3   Won W   1 6
6 5   Drew D   2 4
8 2   Lost L   11 19
22 11   Scored S   11 28
24 8   Conceded C   28 55
85% 80%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
75% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 76%
40% 20%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 52%
20% 10%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 34%
10% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 21%
40% 50%   BTTS BTTS   36% 52%
35% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 7%
40% 30%   Failed to Score F T   57% 41%
 
5.8 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.1 4.2
5.5 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   7 6.5
3 3.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 2.6
3 3   Red cards R C   2 4
 
78 32   Total Shots T S   32 119
30 9   Shots on Target S O   12 52
40% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 27%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Balkany Zorya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Cherkashchyna-Akademiya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hirnyk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Metal Kharkiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Metalurh Zaporizhya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MSK Dnipro Cherkasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mykolaiv II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Nikopol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Peremoga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Real Pharm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Tavriya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yarud Mariupol' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka 20 15 3 2 48 15 10 9 1 0 31 5 10 6 2 2 17 10 33 48
2 Alians Lypova Dolyna 20 15 2 3 51 12 10 8 1 1 25 5 10 7 1 2 26 7 39 47
3 Krystal 20 15 2 3 47 17 10 8 1 1 23 7 10 7 1 2 24 10 30 47
4 Hirnyk 20 10 3 7 33 22 10 6 1 3 20 10 10 4 2 4 13 12 11 33
5 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 20 6 7 7 25 26 10 4 1 5 16 18 10 2 6 2 9 8 -1 25
6 Nikopol 20 6 6 8 22 24 10 3 5 2 11 8 10 3 1 6 11 16 -2 24
7 Mykolaiv II 20 5 8 7 18 32 10 2 5 3 8 16 10 3 3 4 10 16 -14 23
8 Tavriya 20 5 2 13 12 35 10 4 1 5 9 11 10 1 1 8 3 24 -23 17
9 Real Pharm 20 4 4 12 10 38 10 2 1 7 3 22 10 2 3 5 7 16 -28 16
10 Avanhard II 20 3 5 12 18 38 10 2 3 5 9 14 10 1 2 7 9 24 -20 14
11 Chornomorets II 20 3 4 13 17 42 10 1 3 6 11 19 10 2 1 7 6 23 -25 13
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 Minai 30 19 5 6 51 27 15 12 2 1 26 11 15 7 3 5 25 16 24 62
2 Inhulets 30 17 9 4 47 22 15 10 5 0 27 10 15 7 4 4 20 12 25 60
3 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 30 19 3 8 52 30 15 11 2 2 32 10 15 8 1 6 20 20 22 60
4 Rukh Vynnyky 29 17 7 5 48 21 14 11 1 2 28 8 15 6 6 3 20 13 27 58
5 Volyn 30 17 6 7 57 36 15 12 2 1 34 12 15 5 4 6 23 24 21 57
6 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 30 15 6 9 44 34 15 9 3 3 23 11 15 6 3 6 21 23 10 51
7 Obolon'-Brovar 30 14 9 7 40 31 15 7 7 1 26 16 15 7 2 6 14 15 9 51
8 Avanhard 30 13 6 11 37 40 15 8 4 3 23 16 15 5 2 8 14 24 -3 45
9 Chornomorets 30 10 9 11 40 37 15 6 5 4 24 17 15 4 4 7 16 20 3 39
10 Hirnyk-Sport 30 12 3 15 42 48 15 8 1 6 25 21 15 4 2 9 17 27 -6 39
11 Mykolaiv 30 8 10 12 45 45 15 5 4 6 25 22 15 3 6 6 20 23 0 34
12 Prykarpattia 30 9 3 18 44 51 15 5 1 9 21 20 15 4 2 9 23 31 -7 30
13 Kremin' 30 7 6 17 35 57 15 6 3 6 21 21 15 1 3 11 14 36 -22 27
14 Balkany Zorya 30 5 10 15 26 51 15 3 6 6 13 17 15 2 4 9 13 34 -25 25
15 Metalurh Zaporizhya 29 6 4 19 28 55 15 5 2 8 17 27 14 1 2 11 11 28 -27 22
16 Cherkashchyna-Akademiya 30 1 4 25 23 74 15 1 2 12 15 40 15 0 2 13 8 34 -51 7

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Balkany Zorya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Cherkashchyna-Akademiya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hirnyk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Metal Kharkiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Metalurh Zaporizhya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MSK Dnipro Cherkasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mykolaiv II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Nikopol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Peremoga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Real Pharm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Tavriya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yarud Mariupol' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.