On 04.04.2026, the Ukraine Premier League will be lit up by a highly anticipated match between Kolos Kovalivka and Metalist 1925 Kharkiv. This game is expected to be a tight contest with both teams demonstrating similar strength and strategy throughout the season. Our in-depth review covers everything from player form to historical data of Kolos Kovalivka and Metalist 1925 Kharkiv. Don't miss out on our expert insights—read our prediction and get ready to place your bet!
Standings of both teams
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 49/23 | 41 |
| 5 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 24/13 | 35 |
| 6 | Kryvbas KR | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 33/28 | 34 |
| 7 | Kolos Kovalivka | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 20/20 | 32 |
| 8 | Zorya Luhansk | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27/24 | 28 |
Key Player Statistics: Kolos Kovalivka vs Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
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x 7Kolos Kovalivka vs Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Historical Match Results
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Kolos Kovalivka | 28.09.2025 | 1-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Kolos Kovalivka | 23.03.2025 | 0-0 |
| Premier League | Kolos Kovalivka | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 07.04.2024 | 1-1 |
| Premier League | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Kolos Kovalivka | 24.09.2023 | 0-0 |
| Premier League | Kolos Kovalivka | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 09.04.2023 | 3-0 |
| Premier League | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Kolos Kovalivka | 30.09.2022 | 2-0 |
| Premier League | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Kolos Kovalivka | 04.12.2021 | 0-1 |
| Premier League | Kolos Kovalivka | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 30.07.2021 | 1-0 |
| Persha Liga | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Kolos Kovalivka | 26.04.2019 | 0-0 |
| Persha Liga | Kolos Kovalivka | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 22.09.2018 | 0-0 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendlies Clubs | Kolos Kovalivka | Muras United | 11.02.2026 | 3-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Kolos Kovalivka | Corvinul Hunedoara | 11.02.2026 | 2-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Kolos Kovalivka | LNZ Cherkasy | 07.02.2026 | 0-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Kolos Kovalivka | 31.01.2026 | 0-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Kolos Kovalivka | Prishtina | 30.01.2026 | 1-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Kolos Kovalivka | Hradec Králové | 24.01.2026 | 3-4 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Wisla Krakow | Kolos Kovalivka | 21.01.2026 | 0-0 |
| Premier League | Veres Rivne | Kolos Kovalivka | 22.03.2026 | 0-1 |
| Premier League | Kolos Kovalivka | Zorya Luhansk | 15.03.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premier League | Epitsentr Dunayivtsi | Kolos Kovalivka | 07.03.2026 | 4-0 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendlies Clubs | Molde | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 12.02.2026 | 0-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Jeonbuk Motors | 11.02.2026 | 1-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Hammarby FF | 05.02.2026 | 3-4 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Seattle Sounders | 05.02.2026 | 3-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | CF Montreal | 29.01.2026 | 3-2 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Pardubice | 23.01.2026 | 0-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Wolfsberger AC | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 18.01.2026 | 1-0 |
| Premier League | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | SK Poltava | 19.03.2026 | 2-0 |
| Premier League | Shakhtar Donetsk | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 15.03.2026 | 1-0 |
| Premier League | Ruh Lviv | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 09.03.2026 | 0-3 |
Comparative Team Statistics: Kolos Kovalivka VS Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Last 20 Matches Statistics: Kolos Kovalivka vs Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Bookies' predictions
Kolos Kovalivka
Betting Intelligence: Kolos Kovalivka vs Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Six points separate sixth from seventh in the Ukraine Premier League table, but this match feels like so much more than a mid-table scrap. Kolos Kovalivka host Metalist 1925 Kharkiv knowing a win would leapfrog their rivals and tighten their grip on a top-half finish. The pressure is real. The stakes are personal.
Here's what you need to watch for: these two teams genuinely struggle to score against each other. Five of their last ten head-to-head meetings ended with one goal or fewer combined. Four of those ended goalless. That pattern is impossible to ignore.
Don't be fooled by the mainstream narrative about Metalist being the stronger side just because they sit one place higher. Their recent form is inconsistent. They lost to Shakhtar, were held by Kryvbas, and drew a blank against Veres Rivne earlier in the season. They can be stopped. Kolos proved that themselves in April 2023, winning 3-0 at home in this exact fixture.
Metalist's I. Kalyuzhnyi leads both teams in yellow cards with seven this season. He's a booking waiting to happen. Keep that in mind if you're looking at card markets. On the Kolos side, A. Rrapaj carries a red card already and three yellows in just fourteen appearances. These are combustible players in a fixture that rarely lacks needle.
Tactically, Metalist rely heavily on D. Antyukh for creativity, while Kolos lean on Y. Klymchuk up front as their main goal threat with four league goals. Neither attack is prolific. Kolos have conceded as many goals as they've scored this season — twenty each — while Metalist have been tighter defensively, shipping just thirteen. That defensive solidity could be the difference.
The odds are fascinating here. Metalist are priced as favourites at 2.40, Kolos at 3.08, with the draw sitting at 3.07. Given the historical tendency for low-scoring draws in this fixture, the draw looks like genuine value at those odds. Under 2.5 goals also stands out as a strong market based on everything the data tells us.
My prediction: a tight, nervy 1-0 win for Metalist, with their defensive record ultimately proving the difference. But honestly, if you're backing the draw here, I wouldn't argue with you for a second. This one could go either way — and that's exactly what makes Sunday's game worth watching.
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Team Lineups and Player Details:
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Pakholyuk | Ukraine | 21 | Goalkeeper | 184 cm | 77 kg |
| E. Kozik | Ukraine | 22 | Defender | 185 cm | 85 kg |
| M. Burda | Ukraine | 31 | Defender | 187 cm | 80 kg |
| I. Krasniqi | Kosovo | 26 | Defender | 187 | 80 |
| Elias Telles | Brazil | 27 | Midfielder | 181 cm | 77 kg |
| A. Tsurikov | Ukraine | 33 | Midfielder | 185 cm | 78 kg |
| D. Alefirenko | Ukraine | 25 | Midfielder | 176 cm | 70 kg |
| N. Gagnidze | Georgia | 25 | Midfielder | 180 | 72 |
| A. Gusol | Ukraine | 20 | Midfielder | 184 cm | 68 kg |
| A. Rrapaj | Albania | 24 | Attacker | 170 cm | 72 kg |
| Y. Klymchuk | Ukraine | 28 | Attacker | 178 cm | 69 kg |
| A. Ponedelnik | Ukraine | 29 | Defender | 181 cm | 77 kg |
| I. Kane | Mali | 25 | Midfielder | 175 cm | 60 kg |
| V. Veleten | Ukraine | 23 | Midfielder | 176 cm | 74 kg |
| A. Krasniqi | Kosovo | 24 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| M. Tretyakov | Ukraine | 30 | Attacker | 174 cm | 71 kg |
| O. Demchenko | Ukraine | 30 | Midfielder | 181 cm | 75 kg |
| M. Oyewusi | Nigeria | 27 | Attacker | 184 | 74 |
| Z. Rukhadze | Georgia | 22 | Defender | 183 | 73 |
| V. Bondarenko | Ukraine | 32 | Defender | 194 cm | 88 kg |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Varakuta | Ukraine | 24 | Goalkeeper | 190 cm | 84 kg |
| I. Krupskyi | Ukraine | 21 | Defender | 180 cm | 70 kg |
| Y. Pavlyuk | Ukraine | 23 | Defender | 186 cm | 77 kg |
| A. Shabanov | Ukraine | 34 | Defender | 190 cm | 83 kg |
| O. Martynyuk | Ukraine | 24 | Defender | 176 | 73 |
| R. Gadzhiev | Ukraine | 20 | Midfielder | 180 cm | 72 kg |
| I. Kalyuzhnyi | Ukraine | 28 | Midfielder | 189 | 79 |
| M. Panchenko | Ukraine | 20 | Midfielder | 180 cm | 65 kg |
| D. Antyukh | Ukraine | 28 | Midfielder | 180 cm | 75 kg |
| V. Kalitvintsev | Ukraine | 33 | Attacker | 178 cm | 74 kg |
| E. Rashica | Kosovo | 22 | Attacker | 187 cm | 79 kg |
| I. Kogut | Ukraine | 30 | Attacker | 189 cm | 79 kg |
| V. Churko | Ukraine | 32 | Midfielder | 182 cm | 70 kg |
| Ari Moura | Brazil | 29 | Midfielder | 174 cm | 64 kg |
| C. Mba | Nigeria | 26 | Attacker | 188 cm | 83 kg |
| P. Itodo | Nigeria | 22 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| I. Lytvynenko | Ukraine | 25 | Midfielder | 184 cm | 72 kg |
| D. Kapinus | Ukraine | 22 | Defender | 180 cm | 70 kg |
| B. Zabërgja | Kosovo | 24 | Midfielder | 185 | n/a |
| V. Salyuk | Ukraine | 23 | Defender | 186 cm | 72 kg |
Kolos Kovalivka vs Metalist 1925 Kharkiv match odds
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