National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hirnyk-Sport or SK Poltava that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Hirnyk-Sport form and stats
Hirnyk-Sport participated in Ukrainian Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.Hirnyk-Sport faced defeat in their previous match, away at Livyi Bereh (0-1). The defeat against Livyi Bereh was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by Litovchenko).
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Yarud Mariupol'.It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Hirnyk-Sport, who have participated in three training matches. Hirnyk-Sport have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 3 games.
SK Poltava form and stats
Poltava's mission in Ukrainian Cup last season failed in the preliminary round.SK Poltava lost away at Inhulets (0-5) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. SK Poltava lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
A loss against Dinaz Vyshhorod was the result prior to that, in a Persha Liga home game.Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the last two meetings): Hirnyk-Sport won zero games, one match ended in a draw and SK Poltava managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last two duels. Streltsov loves to meet Hirnyk-Sport and have scored 2 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Streltsov 6 goals | D. Shcherbak 5 goals | M. Buzhyn 4 goals |
Hirnyk-Sport missing players
SK Poltava missing players
| Hirnyk-Sport | SK Poltava | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Scored | S | 17 | 31 | ||
| 55 | 11 | Conceded | C | 22 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 8% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 2.2 | 3.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3.4 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 42% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 41% | ||
| 5.6 | 3.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.1 | 6.9 | ||
| 2.9 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
