An important duel in the bottom section of the Second League: Group B, with both Real Pharm and Balkany Zorya experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 10th and the visitors in 9th place.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Real Pharm form and stats
Real Pharm have collected 3 points from their Second League: Group B home games so far after 1-0-4.
Pharm shared the glory with Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Ahead of that match, Pharm lost 1-2 at home to Yarud Mariupol'.
Pharm have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Balkany Zorya form and stats
Playing away, Balkany Zorya, who have the fewest points (1) away in Second League: Group B, have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Second League: Group B this season. It's looking increasingly bleak for Balkany Zorya who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Yarud Mariupol' was the last time a defeat was avoided. It's all red in the travel logs of Balkany, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Two away games in a row for Balkany Zorya, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Cherkashchyna-Akademiya in the Second League: Group B.
Late heartbreak for Balkany Zorya in the Cherkashchyna-Akademiya match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Balkany's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 5 matches. Balkany struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Pharm won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and Balkany Zorya has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / twoTop Goalscorers
  M. Zlatov 4 goals |  V. Polishchuk 3 goals |  D. Bolokan 3 goals |
Real Pharm missing players
Balkany Zorya missing players
| Real Pharm | Balkany Zorya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 18 | 9 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 89% |
| 60% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 67% |
| 40% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 56% |
| 20% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 44% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 60% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 80% | 56% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | 11 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20% | 20% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
- Balkany Zorya has the fewest points (1) away in Second League: Group B
- Balkany Zorya have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Balkany Zorya have yet to win a game away.
- Real Pharm has the fewest points from losing position (-1) in Second League: Group B
- Real Pharm has the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Second League: Group B
- Real Pharm have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Real Pharm have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Real Pharm have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Real Pharm have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Balkany Zorya have scored away.
- Real Pharm haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 24 | 28 |
| 2 | Hirnyk | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Tavriya | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Cherkashchyna-Akademiya | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | Peremoga | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | MSK Dnipro Cherkasy | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -4 | 8 |
| 9 | Balkany Zorya | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 10 | Real Pharm | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -13 | 6 |
| 11 | Nikopol | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -11 | 5 |
| 12 | Yarud Mariupol' | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 5 |
| 13 | Mykolaiv II | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -13 | 4 |