Zorya's kicked off 2021 in confident fashion, beating Desna in their opening game (2-1). This is their 2nd match at the Zaporozhye stadium, so they've been spared from travels in these challenging weather conditions in Ukraine.

Lugansk club has had a really good winter break. To prove many sceptics wrong, they somehow found a way to hold on to all of their key players (Kochergin, Nazaryna, Ivanisenya, Kabaev, etc), although, the demand for some of them was really high. Furthermore, Zorya's financial well being seems to have stabilized. For most of 2020 various rumours were questioning the future of the club and its’ owners interest in everything surrounding it - but over the past weeks there came a lot of reassuring actions from Mr. Geller (Zorya’s private owner), which included, for example, the signing of one of Premier League’s leading forwards - Shahab from Olimpik Donetsk.

Zorya is eyeing Champions League berth or at least a Europa League finish, so they’re fully motivated to take 3 more points on home soil against Mariupol. Visitors are playing attractive football under manager Markevych junior. Their squad is traditionally filled with the most talented youngsters from Shakhtar Donetsk academy. As a result, Mariupol has the lowest average age as far as the starting lineup is concerned. The club does not have any high ambitions regarding the final place in the table, so results are very often secondary for them.

Mariupol has lost the last 3 league games, including the 2021 opener vs. Oleksandria.

Zorya usually struggles to perform against deep sitting defensive teams. Mariupol’s romantic attitude on the pitch with eyes on goal, should fit Zorya well and they are likely to prevail in this potentially entertaining affair.

Do bear in mind, this game is actually held at Zorya’s home stadium in Zaporozhye, meaning Mariupol is playing “away”.

卢甘斯克以自信的方式开始了2021年的比赛，在首场比赛（2-1）中击败了Desna。这是他们在Zaporozhye体育场举行的第二场比赛，因此他们在乌克兰这些充满挑战的天气条件下，避免了旅行。

卢甘斯克俱乐部度过了一个非常不错的寒假。为了证明许多怀疑论者的观点是错误的，他们以某种方式找到了保留所有主要参与者（Kochergin，Nazaryna，Ivanisenya，Kabaev等）的方法，尽管对其中一些参与者的需求确实很高。此外，Zorya的财务状况似乎已经稳定。在2020年的大部分时间里，各种谣言都在质疑俱乐部的未来及其所有者对俱乐部周围一切的兴趣-但是在过去几周里，佐勒的私人所有者盖勒先生采取了许多令人放心的行动，例如，其中包括，是英超联赛领先的前锋之一-顿涅茨克（Olimpik Donetsk）的Shahab的签约。

卢甘斯克希望获得冠军联赛的泊位，或者至少要获得欧洲联赛的冠军，所以他们有充分的动力在与马里乌波尔的比赛中获得3分。访客在初级教练Markevych的带领下踢足球。传统上，他们的队伍中有来自顿涅茨克矿工学院（Shakhtar Donetsk Academy）最有才华的年轻人。结果，就首发阵容而言，马里乌波尔的平均年龄最低。俱乐部对于上桌的最终位置没有很高的抱负，因此对于他们而言结果通常是次要的。

马里乌波尔（Mariupol）在过去的3场联赛中都输了，包括2021年对阵奥列克桑德里亚的首场比赛。

卢甘斯克常很难与防守端的防守队对抗。马里乌波尔在球场上的浪漫态度和对球门的注视，应该很适合卢甘斯克，他们很可能会在这场可能有趣的事情中占上风。

请记住，这场比赛实际上是在Zaporozhye的主场举行的，这意味着马里乌波尔没有主场优势。预测卢甘斯克胜