National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Veres or Mariupol that keep their silverware dream alive.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Persha Liga match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Obolon'-Brovar, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
Veres form and stats
Veres was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Ukrainian Cup.7-1-0 is the performance here so far in the Persha Liga, giving Veres a total of 22 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results! This match is a Ukrainian Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition. In general it's been a long time since Veres tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Veres has won their last four matches.
Veres are confident in defense, having played 197 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A nice win for Veres last time playing, versus Obolon'-Brovar. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0. Before that, Veres had a Persha Liga home game versus Hirnyk-Sport which ended with a victory 3-0.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (16 in 8 games), Veres's attacking play is working. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively Veres have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Mariupol form and stats
Last season their Ukrainian Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.4 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Mariupol playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Mariupol, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Lviv in the Premier League last time out. Ahead of that match was the Premier League away draw versus Rukh Vynnyky that ended 0-0.
After this away game Mariupol return home for a Premier League game against Dynamo Kyiv. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Mariupol are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 15 goals have been conceded by Mariupol in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Veres won one game, three matches ended with a draw and Mariupol has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / fiveTop Goalscorers
  M. Shestakov 5 goals | R. Gegedosh 4 goals | G. Pasich 3 goals |
Veres missing players
Mariupol missing players
| Veres | Mariupol | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 20 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 9 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 47 | 25 | Scored | S | 29 | 37 | ||
| 25 | 5 | Conceded | C | 27 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 7 | ||
| 6.4 | 5.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 65% | 77% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 31 |
| 2 | Veres | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 | Chornomorets | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 28 |
| 4 | Hirnyk-Sport | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 5 | Obolon'-Brovar | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 22 |
| 6 | Mykolaiv | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 7 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Volyn | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Alians Lypova Dolyna | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 10 | Polessya | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| 11 | Nyva Ternopil' | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 18 |
| 12 | Kremin' | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 18 |
| 13 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -14 | 13 |
| 14 | Prykarpattia | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 15 | Avanhard | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -18 | 8 |
| 16 | Krystal | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -17 | 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 | 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 |