Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Metalist 1925 Kharkiv & Vorskla 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 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv nor Vorskla 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.
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have to build on here at Stadion Livyy Bereh in the Premier League.
The home regulars saw a 0-0 draw versus Kolos Kovalivka last time out and are looking for a win here.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Zorya.From these home matches, Metalist have conceded only 3 goals.
Vorskla form and stats
Vorskla are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih with 1-4 on the scoreboard.
A 0-2 defeat away at Dynamo Kyiv before that.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Shakhtar Donetsk.
Vorskla have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous four meetings between these two contenders are: two wins for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, one draw and one win for Vorskla. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Dmytrenko 2 goals | D. Yusov 2 goals |  O. Sklyar 2 goals |
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv missing players
Vorskla missing players
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Vorskla | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Scored | S | 20 | 41 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 2.4 | 1.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4.9 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 40% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 74% | 61% | ||
| 9.2 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Polessya | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Chornomorets | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Dynamo Kyiv | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
| 6 | Rukh Vynnyky | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Kolos Kovalivka | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Dnipro-1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Vorskla | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 11 | Oleksandria | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 8 |
| 12 | LNZ Cherkasy | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | Obolon'-Brovar | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 14 | Veres | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Zorya | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Minai | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -11 | 3 |
