This match features two teams living in the basement of the Youth League, Lviv U21 holding 11th place and Desna U21 lying 12th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
Lviv U21 form and stats
With 2 wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats from their home games, Lviv U21 are certainly not brimming with confidence. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Lviv U21, their manager and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.In their previous game, led his Lviv U21 to a defeat in the Youth League match away at Desna U21. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here . Preceding that match was the home game against Zorya U21 that was lost 1-5.
Lviv U21 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 14 goals in 11 matches. Lviv U21 are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (27 from 11 played).
Desna U21 form and stats
The hunting on away grounds hasn’t been very fruitful for Desna U21 so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-7 (win-draw-lose).The supporters enjoyed Desna U21's previous game versus Lviv U21 (placed 11th), a Youth League 6-1 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-6 loss visiting Vorskla Poltava U21's place.
Desna U21 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 11 games. Desna U21 can't defend away. 34 goals have been scored by the opposition in 11 matches, an average of more than three per game.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Desna U21 - Lviv U21 6-1. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's {1 Lviv U21 victories}, 0 draws and {1 Desna U21 wins}.Lviv U21 missing players
Desna U21 missing players
| Lviv U21 | Desna U21 | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | Played | 11 | 22 |
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 91% | 95% |
| 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 91% | 91% |
| 73% | 82% | Over 2.5 | 82% | 86% |
| 55% | 55% | Over 3.5 | 55% | 59% |
| 36% | 27% | Over 4.5 | 27% | 32% |
| 68% | 73% | Both teams to score | 55% | 55% |
| 18% | 9% | Clean Sheet | 9% | 5% |
| 18% | 18% | Failed To Score | 45% | 45% |
| 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 | Dynamo Kiev U21 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 66 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 53 | 54 |
| 2 | Oleksandriya U21 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 26 | 47 |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk U21 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Arsenal Kyiv U21 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 34 |
| 5 | Zorya U21 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 47 | 47 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 31 | 0 | 32 |
| 6 | Vorskla Poltava U21 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 | Ch. Odessa U21 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -3 | 31 |
| 8 | Karpaty U21 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Mariupol U21 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -9 | 26 |
| 10 | Olimpik Donetsk U21 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -13 | 22 |
| 11 | Lviv U21 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 27 | 59 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 32 | -32 | 15 |
| 12 | Desna U21 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 65 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 34 | -42 | 13 |
