The visiting Shakhtar Donetsk U21 side should be favourites in this visit to Mariupol U21, as the away team holds a 25 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Mariupol U21 form and stats
The story so far in the Youth League for Mariupol U21 at their home stadium (Sportkompleks Illichivets') is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The fans are hoping that Mariupol U21 will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Youth League game against Dynamo Kiev U21 (placed 3rd). Before that, Mariupol U21 drew at home versus Karpaty U21.
Mariupol U21 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sportkompleks Illichivets' with 9 goals in 6 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Shakhtar Donetsk U21 form and stats
Shakhtar Donetsk U21, who have the the best goal difference (+21) in Youth League, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 16 points collected from 6 Youth League games. 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Shakhtar Donetsk U21 are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Shakhtar Donetsk U21 are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Youth League against Lviv U21 (placed 8th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Dynamo Kiev U21.
Shakhtar Donetsk U21 have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 13 goals from 6 away matches. It's not easy to score on Shakhtar Donetsk U21 as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Shakhtar Donetsk U21 - Mariupol U21 3-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Mariupol U21 won 1 game, 1 match ended with a draw and Shakhtar Donetsk U21 has 5 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 7 / 0Mariupol U21 missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk U21 missing players
| Mariupol U21 | Shakhtar Donetsk U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 33 |
| 32 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 79% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 79% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 43% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 14% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 64% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 36% |
| 43% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 7% |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.2 | 3.9 |
| 6.4 | 5.7 | 11 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 85 | 42 | 3 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 74 | 145 |
| 31 | 20 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 36 | 78 |
| 39% | 45% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 36% | 42% |
- Mariupol U21 has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Mariupol U21 has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home
- Mariupol U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Mariupol U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Mariupol U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 has the fewest conceded goals (12)
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 has the fewest conceded goals (5) away
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 has the most points from losing position (9)
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 has the most scored goals in the second half (21)
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 has the the best goal difference (+21)
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 have not yet lost a game away.
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 have scored more than double the goals of Mariupol U21.
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 35 |
| 2 | Vorskla Poltava U21 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 35 |
| 3 | Dynamo Kiev U21 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Oleksandriya U21 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 25 |
| 5 | Zorya U21 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Karpaty U21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -3 | 15 |
| 7 | Desna U21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 15 |
| 8 | Lviv U21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 14 |
| 9 | Kolos Kovalivka U21 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 11 |
| 10 | Mariupol U21 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 25 | -18 | 10 |
| 11 | Dnipro-1 U21 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -23 | 7 |