Oleksandriya U21 will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Vorskla Poltava U21.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Oleksandriya U21 form and stats
Oleksandriya U21 have played 10 Youth League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Oleksandriya U21 drew their last game, also a home match. Dynamo Kiev U21 (placed 2nd) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Before that, Oleksandriya U21 played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Karpaty U21.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (22 in 10 games), Oleksandriya U21's attacking play is working. Oleksandriya U21 have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Vorskla Poltava U21 form and stats
Vorskla Poltava U21 have an excellent away record in the Youth League so far with 6-2-2 from 10 games.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Mariupol U21 (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The Youth League match ended in a draw 1-1. A 1-3 loss hosting Shakhtar Donetsk U21 before that.
The Vorskla Poltava U21 manager has got the team scoring on the road, with 21 away goals in 10 league matches. As opposed to that, Vorskla Poltava U21 have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Oleksandriya U21 - Vorskla Poltava U21 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Oleksandriya U21 victories, two draws and four Vorskla Poltava U21 wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Oleksandriya U21 missing players
Vorskla Poltava U21 missing players
| Oleksandriya U21 | Vorskla Poltava U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 37 | 22 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 21 | 46 |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 28 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 70% | 75% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 55% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 25% |
| 65% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 70% | 65% |
| 35% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 10% | 5% |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 204 | 113 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 126 | 233 |
| 78 | 41 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 56 | 101 |
| 42% | 46% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 38% | 42% |
- All of Vorskla Poltava U21's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Oleksandriya U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | Shakhtar Donetsk U21 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 29 | 50 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kiev U21 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 29 | 48 |
| 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 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 33 |
| 5 | Zorya U21 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Karpaty U21 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | Mariupol U21 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 38 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 29 | -12 | 23 |
| 8 | Lviv U21 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -14 | 23 |
| 9 | Desna U21 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -15 | 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 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -31 | 11 |