Youth League duel: Close contest expected between Desna U21 and Lviv U21

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Competition: Ukraine Youth League
Date: Mon 29.July
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)

Game week two of the Youth League season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Desna U21 - Lviv U21 preview:

It's no vacation for neither Desna U21 nor Lviv U21 as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Desna U21 form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first game of the season here. Last season these fans witnessed 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss from Desna U21's four home games.

The Desna U21 fans got no joy from their last match, a Youth League game also here: A 2-3 defeat against Lviv U21. A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Ch. Odessa U21.

This is expected to be a close game, with Desna U21 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Desna U21 as a small favourite), we find one game. Desna U21 has won 0 of these, drawn 0 and lost 1.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Desna U21 at home. 2 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

Last season, Desna U21's league statistics were 3 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Youth League. Over these eight matches they scored 18 goals and conceded 16. Playing at home last season Desna U21 managed 3-0-1 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 5 conceded.

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Lviv U21 form and stats

Only one away game so far for Lviv U21 and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 0 victories, 0 draws and 4 losses from four travels.

Lviv U21 play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Desna U21. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Olimpik Donetsk U21.

Lviv U21 has the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.

Let's have a look at how Lviv U21 performed last season in the Youth League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 1 victory, 0 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 8 and conceded 21 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 0 and lost 4 with 4/14 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Desna U21 - Lviv U21 2-3. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 2 - 0 - 3 (Desna U21 wins - draws - Lviv U21 wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 had two or less.

Desna U21 missing players

Lviv U21 missing players

Desna U21 Lviv U21
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs no_table Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored 0 3 3
3 3 0 Conceded 0 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 4.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
2 2 0 Corners For (avg) 0 4 4
4 4 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 2 2
1 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Desna U21 Last season Lviv U21
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
32 16   Played   16 32
6 4   Won   2 5
6 3   Drew   3 5
20 9   Lost   11 22
41 26   Scored   17 35
81 36   Conceded   46 80
91% 88%   Over 0.5   88% 91%
88% 88%   Over 1.5   75% 81%
81% 75%   Over 2.5   62% 69%
56% 56%   Over 3.5   50% 47%
28% 25%   Over 4.5   44% 31%
53% 50%   BTTS   56% 59%
16% 25%   Clean Sheets   25% 19%
41% 38%   Failed To Score   31% 31%
 
4.4 6.1   Corners For (avg)   2.8 4.2
6.4 6.4   Corners Against (avg)   7 5.4
1.6 1.6   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.6 2.6
0 0   Red Cards   5 6
Key stats last season:
  • Desna U21 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Lviv U21 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Lviv U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Lviv U21 have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Desna U21
All Youth League
All Home Away
16-05-19 YL Karpaty U21 2 - 1 Desna U21
19-05-19 YL Desna U21 0 - 0 Olimpik Donetsk U21
25-05-19 YL Desna U21 1 - 3 Mariupol U21
28-05-19 YL Ch. Odessa U21 3 - 2 Desna U21
29-07-19 YL Desna U21 2 - 3 Lviv U21
02-08-19 YL Desna U21 00:00 Vorskla Poltava U21
09-08-19 YL Dnipro-1 U21 - Desna U21
16-08-19 YL Desna U21 - Kolos Kovalivka U21
23-08-19 YL Oleksandriya U21 - Desna U21
30-08-19 YL Desna U21 - Karpaty U21
Lviv U21
All Youth League
All Home Away
17-05-19 YL Lviv U21 0 - 1 Ch. Odessa U21
21-05-19 YL Mariupol U21 3 - 0 Lviv U21
25-05-19 YL Karpaty U21 3 - 2 Lviv U21
28-05-19 YL Lviv U21 0 - 0 Olimpik Donetsk U21
29-07-19 YL Desna U21 2 - 3 Lviv U21
02-08-19 YL Lviv U21 10:00 Dynamo Kiev U21
09-08-19 YL Vorskla Poltava U21 - Lviv U21
16-08-19 YL Lviv U21 - Shakhtar Donetsk U21
23-08-19 YL Dnipro-1 U21 - Lviv U21
30-08-19 YL Lviv U21 - Mariupol U21

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Kolos Kovalivka U21 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Lviv U21 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 Vorskla Poltava U21 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Desna U21 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Zorya U21 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
11 Mariupol U21 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0

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