Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hirnyk-Sport & Metalist 1925 Kharkiv face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ukrainian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Hirnyk-Sport nor Metalist 1925 Kharkiv as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Hirnyk-Sport form and stats
Last season their Ukrainian Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.The Hirnyk-Sport club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadion Yunist': A 0-1 defeat against Kremin'.
Before that, a strong away victory at Trostianets. A Ukrainian Cup match.
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv form and stats
Metalist was sent out of Ukrainian Cup in the 4th round last season.Playing away, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premier League this season.
The regulars enjoyed Metalist 1925 Kharkiv's previous match versus Minai, a 1-0 win played at home. Dmytrenko came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Minai last time out, making the manager Laserda feel like a tactical genius.
It was a Premier League defeat before that one as the away game against Oleksandria wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Metalist manager Laserda as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against LNZ Cherkasy.
{0 goals} so far away for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the previous six meetings): Hirnyk-Sport won one game, one match ended in a draw and Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / one.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Dmytriev 1 goals | І. Chertkoev 1 goals |  V. Dmytrenko 1 goals |
Hirnyk-Sport missing players
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv missing players
| Hirnyk-Sport | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Scored | S | 9 | 17 | ||
| 43 | 10 | Conceded | C | 13 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 8% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 56% | ||
| 2 | 2.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 3 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 5 | ||
| 1.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 54% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | ||
| 4.5 | 2.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 9.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rukh Vynnyky | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Chornomorets | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Kolos Kovalivka | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Hirnyk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | Polessya | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Dnipro-1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Zorya | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | Obolon'-Brovar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 12 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | LNZ Cherkasy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | Vorskla | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Veres | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | Minai | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
