Second League: Group B match preview and statistics: Real Pharm fight Metal Kharkiv

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Competition: Ukraine Second League: Group B
Competition: Fri 02.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion FSK Ivan (3000 seats)

Struggling Real Pharm will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Metal Kharkiv in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Real Pharm have the most conceded goals (32) in Second League: Group B
  • Metal Kharkiv have the most scored goals (33) in Second League: Group B

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Pharm and Metal Kharkiv.

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Real Pharm form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Second League: Group B this season. Real Pharm, who have the most conceded goals (32) in Second League: Group B, have only managed 2 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Stadion FSK Ivan. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Pharm to get some points in this home game.

Stress levels are on the rise for Pharm's attacking players as they have now played 202 minutes without scoring in a league game. V. Granchar was their last goal scorer.

Real Pharm aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion FSK Ivan in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Pharm defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Metal Kharkiv form and stats

Metal Kharkiv, who have the most scored goals (33) in Second League: Group B, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 19 points collected from 7 Second League: Group B games. 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Kharkiv goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 389 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

The Metal Kharkiv manager O. Kucher has got the team scoring on the road, with 16 away goals in 7 league matches. The Kharkiv defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 7 games).

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Pharm - Metal Kharkiv 0-2. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Pharm victories, zero draws and two Metal Kharkiv wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Real Pharm missing players

Metal Kharkiv missing players

Real Pharm Metal Kharkiv
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 4 7 13
3 2 0 Won W 4 6 11
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
11 5 1 Lost L 0 0 0
8 6 0 Scored S 11 16 33
32 11 1 Conceded C 1 1 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 85%
79% 86% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 85%
50% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 46%
29% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 31%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
29% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 14% 15%
14% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 86% 85%
57% 43% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 15%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 2.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
4.9 4.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 9.8
2 2.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 4.2
29% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 44%
Key stats in Second League: Group B this season:
  • Metal Kharkiv have not yet lost a game.
  • Metal Kharkiv have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Metal Kharkiv have scored more than double the goals of Real Pharm.
  • Metal Kharkiv have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Second League: Group B
  • Metal Kharkiv have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Second League: Group B
  • Metal Kharkiv have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Second League: Group B
  • Metal Kharkiv have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Second League: Group B
  • Metal Kharkiv have the most clean sheets (10) in Second League: Group B
  • Metal Kharkiv have the most points (19) away in Second League: Group B
  • Metal Kharkiv have the most scored goals (16) away in Second League: Group B
  • Metal Kharkiv have the most scored goals (33) in Second League: Group B
  • Metal Kharkiv have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Second League: Group B
  • Metal Kharkiv have the the best goal difference (+15) away in Second League: Group B
  • Metal Kharkiv have the the best goal difference (+31) in Second League: Group B
  • Metal Kharkiv is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Real Pharm have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Real Pharm have the most conceded goals (32) in Second League: Group B
  • Real Pharm have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Second League: Group B
  • Real Pharm have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Second League: Group B
  • Real Pharm haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Real Pharm is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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 13 11 2 0 33 2 6 5 1 0 17 1 7 6 1 0 16 1 31 35
2 Hirnyk 13 7 5 1 29 10 7 5 2 0 20 3 6 2 3 1 9 7 19 26
3 Metalurh Zaporizhya 12 8 2 2 27 10 6 3 2 1 17 8 6 5 0 1 10 2 17 26
4 Tavriya 12 7 3 2 20 10 5 3 2 0 6 3 7 4 1 2 14 7 10 24
5 Cherkashchyna-Akademiya 10 5 4 1 14 7 6 4 2 0 8 2 4 1 2 1 6 5 7 19
6 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 13 5 3 5 19 18 7 3 2 2 14 8 6 2 1 3 5 10 1 18
7 Peremoga 11 3 6 2 10 8 5 3 2 0 7 2 6 0 4 2 3 6 2 15
8 Yarud Mariupol' 12 3 3 6 13 23 7 2 2 3 8 12 5 1 1 3 5 11 -10 12
9 Balkany Zorya 12 3 2 7 11 17 6 3 1 2 10 7 6 0 1 5 1 10 -6 11
10 MSK Dnipro Cherkasy 12 2 5 5 8 18 6 1 2 3 4 9 6 1 3 2 4 9 -10 11
11 Nikopol 13 2 3 8 9 27 7 1 2 4 4 9 6 1 1 4 5 18 -18 9
12 Real Pharm 14 3 0 11 8 32 7 2 0 5 6 11 7 1 0 6 2 21 -24 9
13 Mykolaiv II 13 1 2 10 7 26 5 0 0 5 2 10 8 1 2 5 5 16 -19 5

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.