National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Viktoriya Mykolaivka or Minai 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.
Viktoriya Mykolaivka form and stats
Viktoriya Mykolaivka have played 4 Persha Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Mykolaivka last time playing, versus Livyi Bereh. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Dolinskyi scoring for the victors. Viktoriya Mykolaivka made it very difficult for themselves, when Ulyanov got a red card in the 46th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Viktoriya Mykolaivka won the match 1-0!
A Persha Liga defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Inhulets.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Yarud Mariupol' are coming to town in four days.
The Mykolaivka fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Viktoriya Mykolaivka are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Yuvilejnyj in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 4 matches.
Minai form and stats
The visitors are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Minai lost away at Polessya (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Oleksandria.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Obolon'-Brovar in just four days.
The attacking power of Minai when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Tverdokhlib 2 goals |  V. Vitenchuk 2 goals |  E. Gunichev 2 goals |
Viktoriya Mykolaivka missing players
Minai missing players
| Viktoriya Mykolaivka | Minai | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Scored | S | 11 | 24 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 18 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 2.4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 0.8 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 129% | 133% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 44% | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 9 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inhulets | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 25 |
| 2 | Viktoriya Mykolaivka | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | SK Poltava | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Livyi Bereh | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 |
| 5 | Yarud Mariupol' | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Dinaz Vyshhorod | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 8 |
| 8 | Kremin' | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -17 | 7 |
| 9 | Chernihiv | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 6 |
| 10 | Hirnyk-Sport | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 6 |
| 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 |
