Zorya Luhansk vs Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

Premier League (Ukraine)

2026/2027

Zorya Luhansk

-FT

Aug 31, 2026

Stadion Dynamo im. Valery Lobanovsky

Match Timeline

Man of the Match

Baton Zabergja

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Goals

8.6

88'Substitution

Maksym Boyko· In

Domagoj Jelavic· Out

Zorya Luhansk

87'Substitution

Sebastian Castillo· In

Carlos Paraco· Out

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

87'Substitution

Igor Kogut· In

Ramik Gadzhyev· Out

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

80'Substitution

Denys Antyukh· In

Baton Zabergja· Out

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

77'Yellow Card

Jordan

Zorya Luhansk

Goal!

0-3

Baton Zabergja

68'·Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

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67'Substitution

Ermir Rashica· In

Peter Mandela Itodo· Out

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Goal!

0-2

Baton Zabergja

58'·Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

⚽

55'Substitution

Igor Gorbach· In

Artem Slesar· Out

Zorya Luhansk

55'Substitution

Ítalo· In

Dejan Popara· Out

Zorya Luhansk

55'Substitution

Illia Karavashchenko· In

V. Rybak· Out

Zorya Luhansk

55'Substitution

Vladlen Yurchenko· In

Igor Perduta· Out

Zorya Luhansk

40'Yellow Card

Ramik Gadzhyev

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Goal!

0-1

Peter Mandela Itodo

14'·Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

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Statistics of the Game

Zorya Luhansk

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

58%Ball Possession42%

7Shots Total17

3Shots On Target7

5Corners5

0Fouls2

1Yellow Cards1

2Offsides1

4Saves3

434Passes296

3Shots Off Target3

26Attacks18

20Dangerous Attacks18

3Shots Inside Box10

4Shots Outside Box7

0Goals3

3Free Kicks2

1Shots Blocked7

4Tackles4

334Accurate Passes218

18Total Crosses15

4Accurate Crosses4

13Interceptions10

Zorya Luhansk

Manager: Viktor Skripnik

Starting XI

6.5

6.1

6.2

7.2

6.0

6.4

6.7

6.1

6.3

6.1

6.8

Substitutes

6.5

Fedir Zadorozhnyi

Maksym Boyko

6.5

Jakov Basic

Illia Karavashchenko

6.2

Ítalo

6.4

Bogdan Kushnirenko

Vladlen Yurchenko

6.7

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Manager: Mladen Bartulovic

Starting XI

6.9

7.0

6.8

6.6

6.9

6.6

7.0

6.5

8.6

7.3

6.8

Substitutes

6.5

6.5

6.7

Yaroslav Protsenko

6.6

Dmytro Pushkalov

Oleksiy Plichko

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Andrija Janjić DF	7.2	90'	-	62	-	8/10
Pylyp Budkivskyi FW	6.8	90'	1/4	17	-	4/9
Anton Glushchenko MF	6.7	90'	-	30	1	15/25
Vladlen Yurchenko MF	6.7	39'	-	23	-	2/3
V. Rybak GK	6.5	51'	-	22	-	-
Igor Gorbach FW	6.5	39'	0/1	7	-	4/7
Maksym Boyko MF	6.5	7'	-	7	1	0/1
Ítalo DF	6.4	39'	1/1	18	-	10/16
Dejan Popara MF	6.4	51'	-	30	-	4/7
I. Nesterenko MF	6.3	90'	1/1	29	1	4/13
Jordan DF	6.2	90'	-	57	-	10/17
Illia Karavashchenko GK	6.2	39'	-	12	-	-
Domagoj Jelavic MF	6.1	83'	-	30	-	7/24
Igor Perduta DF	6.1	51'	-	32	1	3/9
Artem Slesar MF	6.1	51'	-	12	-	2/4
Artem Machelyuk DF	6.0	90'	-	46	-	10/22

Zorya Luhansk vs Metalist 1925 Kharkiv H2H, Form & Key Stats

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Zorya Luhansk	15	W2	2	0	11	0	9/15	12-6
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	15	W1	1	0	1	0	6/15	12-6

Zorya Luhansk — last 5 games

L1-2 vs Göztepe2026-07-23
W2-0 vs Kolos Kovalivka2026-07-31
L1-3 vs Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih2026-08-09
W2-1 @ Polissya Zhytomyr2026-08-17
W6-0 @ Skala 1911 Stryi2026-08-22

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv — last 5 games

W1-0 vs Veres2026-08-01
L1-2 @ Livyi Bereh2026-08-02
L1-3 @ Polissya Zhytomyr2026-08-10
L0-1 vs Shakhtar Donetsk2026-08-16
W9-0 @ Kalynivka2026-08-22

Goal markets & scoring rates

Team	Games	Avg goals	Over 1.5	Over 2.5	Over 3.5	BTTS	Clean sheets	Failed to score
Zorya Luhansk	15	2.93	93%	73%	20%	80%	20%	7%
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	15	3.53	73%	53%	40%	47%	20%	33%

Venue split (Home vs Away)

Team	Where	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	PPG	Over 2.5	Clean sheets
Zorya Luhansk	Home	7	1	3	3	7-9	0.86	43%	29%
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Away	9	3	2	4	24-18	1.22	78%	22%

1st half vs 2nd half scoring

Team	Games	1H goals	2H goals	2H share	1H Over 0.5	HT W-D-L
Zorya Luhansk	15	5-9	20-10	80%	80%	3-5-7
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	15	7-11	20-15	74%	67%	3-6-6

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 7
Period covered: 2021-10-31 – 2026-05-09
Zorya Luhansk wins: 5
Draws: 1
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv wins: 1
Avg goals per meeting: 3.57
Over 2.5 goals: 86%
Both teams scored: 71%
Home side won: 43%share of all meetings won by whichever team hosted
Last 5 meetings: 3W 1D 1L (Zorya Luhansk view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 3 vs 3.57

Most recent meetings (5 of 7)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2026-05-09	Zorya Luhansk	1-1	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
2025-11-08	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	1-3	Zorya Luhansk
2024-03-31	Zorya	2-1	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
2023-09-15	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	2-1	Zorya Luhansk
2023-05-08	Zorya Luhansk	3-0	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 28 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Zorya Luhansk	6	3	6	1	WLW	5	+1
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	10	3	3	-2	WLL	10	0

Table context

Points gap: 3 ptsZorya Luhansk 6 · Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 3
Positions: #6 vs #10
Goals per game: 1.67/1.33 vs 0.67/1.33scored/conceded per game · league average 1.05

How we calculate this

Premier League Standings

Premier League · 2026/2027

Full standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Form
1	Shakhtar Donetsk	11	9	1	1	+17	28	WWLWW
2	Polissya Zhytomyr	10	8	1	1	+15	25	WWLWW
3	Metalist 1925 KharkivA	9	7	0	2	+11	21	WWLLW
4	Dynamo Kyiv	9	6	1	2	+5	19	WDLWW
5	Karpaty	10	4	4	2	+9	16	LDWWW
6	LNZ Cherkasy	10	4	3	3	+1	15	DLWLD
7	Zorya LuhanskH	10	4	3	3	-1	15	DLWLW
8	Kolos Kovalivka	9	3	2	4	-1	11	LDDLL
9	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	10	2	3	5	-4	9	DWDLW
···
16	Kudrivka	10	1	2	7	-13	5	LLLDD

10 / 16Full standings →

Statistical Comparison

Premier League

Zorya Luhansk10 matches

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

9 matches

#7Position#3

15Points21

4Wins7

3Draws0

3Losses2

12Goals18

1.20Goals per game2.00

13Goals conceded7

1.30Goals per game conceded0.78

Zorya Luhansk vs Metalist 1925 Kharkiv — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Poisson goal model computed from recent form (10 vs 9 matches) & H2H history

1X2 Statistical Win ProbabilityZorya Luhansk 25% · X · Draw 25% · Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 50%

1 · Home Win

25%

X · Draw

25%

2 · Away Win

50%

Projected Goals (xG Model)

1.10 vs 1.65

Projected Total: 2.75

Over 1.5 Goals

76%

Over 2.5 Goals

52%

Over 3.5 Goals

30%

Both Teams to Score (BTTS)

54%

Clean Sheet Prob. (H / A)

19% / 33%

Zorya Luhansk / Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Most Likely Scorelines (Poisson):

1 - 1(11.6%)0 - 1(10.6%)1 - 2(9.6%)

Recent matches

Aug 22

6-0

@ Skala 1911 Stryi

Away

Aug 9

1-3

vs Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

Home

Jul 31

2-0

vs Kolos Kovalivka

Home

Jul 23

1-2

vs Göztepe

Home

All Zorya Luhansk fixtures & results

Previous Meetings

Last 7 matches

Won 71%

(5/7)

Draw 14%

(1/7)

Won 14%

(1/7)

Goals

19-6

Total matches

Recent matches (5/7)

Premier League•May 9, 2026

Zorya Luhansk

1-1

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Premier League•Nov 8, 2025

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

1-3

Zorya Luhansk

Premier League•Mar 31, 2024

Zorya

2-1

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Premier League•Sep 15, 2023

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

2-1

Zorya Luhansk

Premier League•May 8, 2023

Zorya Luhansk

3-0

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Zorya Luhansk vs Metalist 1925 Kharkiv — Head to Head

Last 7 matches

Zorya Luhansk wins

Draws

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv wins

Goals Scored

19 - 6

May 9, 2026 • Premier League

Zorya Luhansk

1-1

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Nov 8, 2025 • Premier League

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

1-3

Zorya Luhansk

Mar 31, 2024 • Premier League

Zorya

2-1

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Matchday 4 — Premier League

Match summary

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv beat Zorya Luhansk 3-0 in the Premier League (Ukraine).

Before kickoff, Zorya Luhansk sat 6th on 6 points, while Metalist 1925 Kharkiv were 10th on 3 points. Zorya Luhansk won 5 of the 7 previous meetings on record. 86% of their 7 previous meetings had three or more goals.

Peter Mandela Itodo (14') and Baton Zabergja (58', 68') scored the goals for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.

More details:

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Match Timeline

Match Statistics

Statistics of the Game

Team Lineups

Starting XI

Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes

Player Stats

Zorya Luhansk vs Metalist 1925 Kharkiv H2H, Form & Key Stats

Premier League Standings

Statistical Comparison

Statistical Comparison

Zorya Luhansk vs Metalist 1925 Kharkiv — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Recent matches

Previous Meetings

Recent matches (5/7)

Zorya Luhansk vs Metalist 1925 Kharkiv — Head to Head

Last 7 matches

Matchday 4 — Premier League

Match summary