Desna U21 vs Dynamo Kiev U21 Youth League preview

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Competition: Ukraine Youth League
Competition: Fri 19.February
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)

Struggling Desna U21 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Dynamo Kiev U21 in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Desna U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dynamo Kiev U21 has the most scored goals (56) in Youth League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Desna U21 form and stats

With 1 Youth League win, 3 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Desna U21 are certainly not brimming with confidence. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

The Desna fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. Desna have conceded 16 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Dynamo Kiev U21 form and stats

The away performances of Dynamo Kiev U21, who have the most scored goals (56) in Youth League, have been very solid so far with 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in the Youth League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Dynamo have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of eight victories in a row regardless of arena. It’s been three wins in a row for Dynamo on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

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. Dynamo goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 185 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

As mentioned above, Dynamo Kiev U21 was the only team on the pitch versus Olimpik Donetsk U21 in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.

The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Dynamo alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (28 from 6 played). Dynamo are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Dynamo Kiev U21 - Desna 3-0. Desna-Dynamo Kiev U21 H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Desna U21 zero wins, Dynamo Kiev U21 five wins, zero draws. five of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Desna U21 missing players

Dynamo Kiev U21 missing players

Desna U21 Dynamo Kiev U21
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 3 6 14
3 1 0 Won W 3 5 13
4 3 1 Drew D 0 0 0
7 3 1 Lost L 0 1 1
15 11 3 Scored S 21 28 56
35 16 6 Conceded C 0 4 9
86% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 93%
71% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 79%
43% 57% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 83% 71%
21% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 67% 57%
43% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 36%
21% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 64%
50% 29% 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
0.1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0.3 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 1
0.1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0.4
1000% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 733%
Key stats in Youth League this season:
  • Desna U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dynamo Kiev U21 has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Youth League
  • Dynamo Kiev U21 has the most matches over the total-line (2) in Youth League
  • Dynamo Kiev U21 has the most scored goals (28) away in Youth League
  • Dynamo Kiev U21 has the most scored goals (56) in Youth League
  • Dynamo Kiev U21 has the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Youth League
  • Dynamo Kiev U21 has the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Youth League
  • Dynamo Kiev U21 has the the best goal difference (+24) away in Youth League
  • Dynamo Kiev U21 has the the best goal difference (+47) in Youth League
  • Dynamo Kiev U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dynamo Kiev U21 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Dynamo Kiev U21 have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Dynamo Kiev U21 have scored more than double the goals of Desna U21.
  • Dynamo Kiev U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dynamo Kiev U21 is in the best form (6-0-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dynamo Kiev U21 14 13 0 1 56 9 8 8 0 0 28 5 6 5 0 1 28 4 47 39
2 Shakhtar Donetsk U21 14 11 0 3 48 16 6 6 0 0 26 3 8 5 0 3 22 13 32 33
3 Oleksandriya U21 14 10 1 3 35 9 8 6 1 1 23 1 6 4 0 2 12 8 26 31
4 Rukh Vynnyky U21 13 8 3 2 26 11 8 6 1 1 19 7 5 2 2 1 7 4 15 27
5 Dnipro-1 U21 14 6 3 5 24 23 8 3 2 3 13 13 6 3 1 2 11 10 1 21
6 Lviv U21 14 6 2 6 29 18 6 3 1 2 18 6 8 3 1 4 11 12 11 20
7 Zorya U21 13 6 2 5 26 19 7 3 1 3 17 13 6 3 1 2 9 6 7 20
8 Mariupol U21 14 6 2 6 22 26 2 0 0 2 1 6 12 6 2 4 21 20 -4 20
9 Kolos Kovalivka U21 14 5 4 5 29 24 8 3 2 3 21 9 6 2 2 2 8 15 5 19
10 Vorskla Poltava U21 13 4 3 6 22 22 5 4 0 1 15 5 8 0 3 5 7 17 0 15
11 Desna U21 14 3 4 7 15 35 7 1 3 3 11 16 7 2 1 4 4 19 -20 13
12 Minai U21 14 2 2 10 12 36 7 1 1 5 7 16 7 1 1 5 5 20 -24 8
13 Inhulets' U21 14 1 1 12 6 59 8 1 1 6 5 26 6 0 0 6 1 33 -53 4
14 Olimpik Donetsk U21 13 0 3 10 7 50 8 0 2 6 3 24 5 0 1 4 4 26 -43 3

Read more about Youth League

The Ukrainian U21 league is a result of Ukraine starting league championships from junior teams in all age groups. Developing younger generations of football players is seen as vital to increase the overall quality of Ukrainian football. The Ukrainian U21 league is the premier league for youth players, the final step before senior football.