Mariupol U21 will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 17 points behind Vorskla Poltava U21.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Mariupol U21 form and stats
Mariupol U21 are steadily winning Youth League games and points here at Sportkompleks Illichivets'. 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Mariupol U21 are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location. Mariupol U21 are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Mariupol U21 enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Desna U21's place. The match ended 3-1. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Zorya U21.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Mariupol U21 as they are travelling to their away game against Dnipro-1 U21 in the Youth League. That match is four days after this one.
The Mariupol U21 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, Mariupol U21 have conceded only 8 goals.
Vorskla Poltava U21 form and stats
Vorskla Poltava U21 have an excellent away record in the Youth League so far with 6-1-2 from 9 games.
Vorskla Poltava U21's previous game was their home loss versus Shakhtar Donetsk U21 (1-3). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Dynamo Kiev U21 wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Vorskla Poltava U21 are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Vorskla Poltava U21 have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Vorskla Poltava U21 - Mariupol U21 3-0 played earlier this season. Last seven meetings between the teams: Mariupol U21 won three, Vorskla Poltava U21 won three and one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Mariupol U21 missing players
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| Mariupol U21 | Vorskla Poltava U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | 45 |
| 34 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 72% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 79% |
| 39% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 56% | 58% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 26% |
| 56% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 63% |
| 11% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 32% |
| 33% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 11% | 5% |
| 4.2 | 5 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.6 | 6.1 |
| 5.6 | 5.1 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 107 | 64 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 115 | 222 |
| 40 | 29 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 50 | 95 |
| 52% | 52% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 40% | 43% |
- All of Vorskla Poltava U21's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Mariupol U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vorskla Poltava U21 has the most matches over the total-line (14)
- Vorskla Poltava U21 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vorskla Poltava U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 24 | 44 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk U21 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 24 | 44 |
| 3 | Vorskla Poltava U21 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 18 | 39 |
| 4 | Oleksandriya U21 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 31 |
| 5 | Karpaty U21 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | Zorya U21 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Mariupol U21 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 26 | -11 | 22 |
| 8 | Lviv U21 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -12 | 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 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -14 | 12 |
| 11 | Dnipro-1 U21 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -30 | 8 |