It's early days in the Youth League and both Dnipro-1 U21 and Vorskla Poltava U21 are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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!
Dnipro-1 U21 form and stats
Only two Youth League home games for Dnipro-1 U21 so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Dnipro-1 are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 209 minutes since the last one in league fixtures.
Dnipro-1 were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Dnipro-1 U21 at home in the league. 4 on target and 6 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Vorskla Poltava U21 form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Youth League ended in defeat. Last season Vorskla Poltava U21 had these away match statistics: Played 11; won 6, drew 3 and lost 2.
Vorskla delivered their win in the match against Mariupol U21 already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance!
It's early days yet, but Vorskla Poltava U21 has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Dnipro-1 U21 wins - draws - Vorskla Poltava U21 wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Dnipro-1 U21 missing players
Vorskla Poltava U21 missing players
| Dnipro-1 U21 | Vorskla Poltava U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57% | 57% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Dnipro-1 U21 | Last season | Vorskla Poltava U21 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 21 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 21 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 20 | 13 | Scored | S | 23 | 48 | ||
| 51 | 29 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 90% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 86% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | ||
| 67% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 57% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 57% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 67% | ||
| 10% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 29% | ||
| 43% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 5% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 154 | 101 | Total Shots | T S | 126 | 233 | ||
| 62 | 38 | Shots on Target | S O | 56 | 101 | ||
| 31% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 42% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 12 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk U21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 |
| 3 | Oleksandriya U21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Mariupol U21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Vorskla Poltava U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Zorya U21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Kolos Kovalivka U21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Desna U21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
| 9 | Dnipro-1 U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
| 10 | Minai U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -6 | 3 |
| 11 | Rukh Vynnyky U21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 12 | Lviv U21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 13 | Inhulets' U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | -11 | 0 |
| 14 | Olimpik Donetsk U21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -20 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk U21 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 30 | 53 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kiev U21 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 56 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 29 | 49 |
| 3 | Vorskla Poltava U21 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 41 |
| 4 | Oleksandriya U21 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | Zorya U21 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Karpaty U21 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 38 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 26 | -2 | 26 |
| 7 | Lviv U21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 32 | 45 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -13 | 26 |
| 8 | Mariupol U21 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 33 | -12 | 24 |
| 9 | Desna U21 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -16 | 18 |
| 10 | Kolos Kovalivka U21 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25 | -22 | 12 |
| 11 | Dnipro-1 U21 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -31 | 12 |