Second League: Group B match prediction and preview for Nikopol vs Yarud Mariupol' clash

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Competition: Ukraine Second League: Group B
Competition: Fri 28.May
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)

Nikopol have some catching up to do from their 11th, and the job starts against Yarud Mariupol'. Read more!

Insights:
  • Nikopol have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Yarud Mariupol' have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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!

Nikopol are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Mariupol' are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Nikopol form and stats

Nikopol's results here in the Second League: Group B have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

No payout for Nikopol in their previous match, an away game at Tavriya that ended in defeat 0-2.

1-1 away at Mykolaiv II before that.

Nikopol aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 5 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Yarud Mariupol' form and stats

Yarud Mariupol' have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Second League: Group B, after 2-1-6 (9 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Mariupol', having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Mariupol' go into this game after a win, the home game against Real Pharm that ended 1-0.

Prior to that match, the Yarud Mariupol' manager O. Krasnoperov faced defeat when travelling to MSK Dnipro Cherkasy and losing 0-1.

Mariupol' have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Mariupol' have conceded 22 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Yarud Mariupol' - Nikopol 2-0 earlier this season.

Nikopol missing players

Yarud Mariupol' missing players

Nikopol Yarud Mariupol'
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 2 9 19
3 1 1 Won W 1 2 5
5 3 2 Drew D 0 1 4
11 5 0 Lost L 1 6 10
14 5 4 Scored S 3 9 19
36 11 1 Conceded C 4 22 37
84% 78% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 89%
47% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 58%
16% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 32%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 11%
42% 22% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 53%
21% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 16%
53% 67% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.2 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
5.4 8 3 Shots (avg) S ( 7 5.5 5.5
2.5 3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 1.8 1.8
35% 22% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 43% 43%
Key stats in Second League: Group B this season:
  • Nikopol have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Yarud Mariupol' have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Yarud Mariupol' have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Yarud Mariupol' have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Yarud Mariupol' 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 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 20 7 3 10 26 32 10 4 2 4 19 13 10 3 1 6 7 19 -6 24
6 MSK Dnipro Cherkasy 19 6 6 7 14 28 9 4 2 3 8 10 10 2 4 4 6 18 -14 24
7 Peremoga 19 4 7 8 16 22 10 4 2 4 12 12 9 0 5 4 4 10 -6 19
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 19 4 5 10 15 26 10 4 2 4 12 11 9 0 3 6 3 15 -11 17
10 Real Pharm 19 4 3 12 10 34 9 3 1 5 8 12 10 1 2 7 2 22 -24 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 19 1 5 13 9 40 9 0 3 6 4 16 10 1 2 7 5 24 -31 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.