Desna U21 hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 18 points and a 9th position in the Youth League table. Visiting Zorya U21 holds 5th place with 26 pts.
Zorya U21 could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Youth League game only three sleeps ago.
Desna U21 form and stats
3-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Youth League numbers at home for Desna U21 so far this season. It's trouble wherever Desna U21 are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. The Desna U21 manager might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The Desna U21 crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Mariupol U21 here in a Youth League match. Heartbreak before that as Desna U21 lost 0-1 at Shakhtar Donetsk U21's place.
A decent goal production from Desna U21 in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. Desna U21 have conceded 14 from these games.
Zorya U21 form and stats
There's been little loot from Zorya U21's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Youth League. Zorya U21 only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
Zorya U21 won their last game, 6-2 versus Lviv U21 played at home. Prior to that match, the Zorya U21 manager faced defeat when travelling to Mariupol U21 and losing 0-2.
As mentioned above, Zorya U21 was the only team on the pitch versus Lviv U21 in their previous game, winning 6-2. This could be a tougher task.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Zorya U21 as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. Zorya U21 have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Zorya U21 - Desna U21 6-1, played this season. Desna U21-Zorya U21 H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Desna U21 zero wins, Zorya U21 two wins, one draw. three of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Desna U21 missing players
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| Desna U21 | Zorya U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 22 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 34 |
| 36 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 29 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 79% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 84% |
| 68% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 74% |
| 37% | 44% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 32% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 53% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 63% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 56% | 32% |
| 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
| 5.4 | 4.9 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
| 1.4 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 100 | 58 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 113 | 232 |
| 49 | 31 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 41 | 92 |
| 37% | 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 17% | 37% |
- Desna U21 has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Desna U21 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Desna U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Desna U21 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Zorya U21 have created more than twice as many corners as Desna U21.
| 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 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 29 | 47 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk U21 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 47 |
| 3 | Vorskla Poltava U21 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 40 |
| 4 | Oleksandriya U21 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 32 |
| 5 | Zorya U21 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Karpaty U21 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | Mariupol U21 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 26 | -11 | 23 |
| 8 | Lviv U21 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -16 | 20 |
| 9 | Desna U21 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -14 | 18 |
| 10 | Kolos Kovalivka U21 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25 | -19 | 12 |
| 11 | Dnipro-1 U21 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -32 | 8 |