The Sunday program of the 16th round of the Ukrainian Premier League will open in Kropyvnytskyi, where Petrovskiy Ingulets, which hosts home matches here, will host Shakhtar Donetsk. We bring to your attention the forecast for this meeting.
"Ingulets"
Ingulets, like last season, is fighting hard for survival, sharing 14th and 15th places with Minay. Petrovchans have not been able to win for exactly 3 months. Before the November international break, the Cossacks gave out a series of four matches without scoring goals. It was possible to interrupt it last Sunday, but still it was not possible to beat Minay away in the key match – a 2-2 draw.
Shakhtar
This season, the Miners ingloriously held the group stage of the Champions League, guaranteeing themselves the last place in the group. Last Wednesday, Shakhtar lost to Inter Milan without a chance (0:2). Now Roberto de Derbi is obliged to take the championship title in the UPL with the team. So far, the Orenburg-Blacks share the lead with Dynamo. In the last round, the Donetsk team beat Rukh (2-0) with a squeak on their field, scoring two goals in the last five minutes of the meeting.
Statistics and figures
- Ingulets has a 9-match winless streak (3 draws + 6 defeats);
- In four of the last five matches, Ingulets has not scored;
- Ingulets has won only 1 match out of six home games played this season, losing three times;
- Shakhtar won all 4 previous head-to-head matches against Ingulets;
- Shakhtar has a 12-match unbeaten streak in the championship (10 wins + 2 draws), with the last 5 matches won;
- In four of the last six matches of Shakhtar, the Total bet was more than 2.5.
Forecast
"Ingulets" on its own field knows how to rest well with the favorites. For example, this season Dynamo lost points in the match with the Cossacks, and Dnipro-1 got only a minimal victory, playing half a half in the majority. Shakhtar also modestly beat Petrovchan in the first round match – 2:1. So in this match we do not expect a defeat, given that the Miners are in a bad mood after being relegated from European competitions.