This could be an interesting match as Zorya U21 have their presumed home advantage while Shakhtar Donetsk U21 are ahead 21 points in the Youth League table.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Zorya U21 form and stats
6-0-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Youth League numbers at home for Zorya U21 so far this season.
Zorya U21 are returning here after visiting Desna U21 in a Youth League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Zorya U21 won a home game hosting Lviv U21 (6-2).
Zorya U21 are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (27 goals in 10 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded.
Shakhtar Donetsk U21 form and stats
The away performances of Shakhtar Donetsk U21, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Youth League, have been very solid so far with 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in the Youth League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Zorya U21. Shakhtar Donetsk U21 have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
The Shakhtar Donetsk U21 goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 208 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Shakhtar Donetsk U21 play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Kolos Kovalivka U21 (placed 10th). A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Dnipro-1 U21.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Shakhtar Donetsk U21 are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Shakhtar Donetsk U21 as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Zorya U21 and Shakhtar Donetsk U21 have met before this season: Zorya U21 - Shakhtar Donetsk U21 1-2. Last eight meetings between the teams: Zorya U21 won one, Shakhtar Donetsk U21 won four and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Zorya U21 missing players
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| Zorya U21 | Shakhtar Donetsk U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 36 | 27 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 21 | 44 |
| 30 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 85% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 80% | 70% |
| 30% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 35% |
| 20% | 30% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 10% |
| 65% | 80% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 55% |
| 10% | 10% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 40% |
| 30% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 10% |
| 6.2 | 6.6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
| 5.7 | 6.4 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.7 | 5.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 250 | 119 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 34 | 95 | 175 |
| 101 | 51 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 50 | 96 |
| 36% | 53% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 42% | 46% |
- All of Zorya U21's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 has the fewest conceded goals (15)
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 has the fewest conceded goals (8) away
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 has the most clean sheets (8)
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 has the most points from losing position (12)
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 has the most scored goals in the second half (27)
- 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 won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Zorya U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zorya U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 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 |