National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Oleksandria or Minai that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Oleksandria and Minai.
Oleksandria form and stats
Oleksandria participated in Ukrainian Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.Oleksandria have performed here this season with 4 wins from 7 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Rukh Vynnyky in the Premier League last time out and are looking for a win here. 1-1 away at Shakhtar Donetsk before that.
Oleksandria are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Kolos Kovalivka awaits in four days.
Oleksandria can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 15 times. Oleksandria's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Minai form and stats
Last season their Ukrainian Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.0 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Minai playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Zorya with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Dnipro-1 in the Premier League.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Minai manager V. Kobin as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Shakhtar Donetsk.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Minai as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. Minai have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Nuriev 4 goals |  E. Banada 2 goals | D. Bezborodko 2 goals |
Oleksandria missing players
Minai missing players
| Oleksandria | Minai | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 42 | 30 | Scored | S | 17 | 30 | ||
| 46 | 23 | Conceded | C | 12 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.8 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 44% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 94% | 51% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 26 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 23 |
| 3 | Vorskla | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Desna | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Kolos Kovalivka | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Mariupol | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 16 |
| 7 | Oleksandria | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Zorya | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 9 | Olimpik Donetsk | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Inhulets | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 11 | Minai | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 9 |
| 12 | Dnipro-1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 13 | Lviv | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -18 | 7 |
| 14 | Rukh Vynnyky | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 6 |