National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Viktoriya Mykolaivka or Shakhtar Donetsk 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
17 points is a decent return from 7 Persha Liga games here at Stadion Livyy Bereh for Viktoriya Mykolaivka. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
Viktoriya Mykolaivka's previous fixture was also a home event, the loss 0-3 vs Shakhtar Donetsk (in Ukrainian Cup).
2-2 away at Hirnyk-Sport before that.The Mykolaivka fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. Viktoriya Mykolaivka have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {3 goals}.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 3 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the Premier League.
Two trips in a row for Shakhtar Donetsk, whose boss Pusic could celebrate last time after the Ukrainian Cup win against Viktoriya Mykolaivka.
A loss, in the Champions League away at Barcelona, earlier. As mentioned earlier, Shakhtar will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 12 wins (9 by two or more goals winning margin), 2 draws and 0 surprising defeats.
Shakhtar Donetsk have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 13 goals from 6 away matches. Shakhtar Donetsk have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These two sides encountered each other earlier this match year: Viktoriya Mykolaivka - Shakhtar Donetsk 0-3.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Kashchuk 3 goals |  M. Matviyenko 3 goals |  L. Traore 2 goals |
Viktoriya Mykolaivka missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Viktoriya Mykolaivka | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 18 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 27 | 15 | Scored | S | 33 | 46 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 34 | 41 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 78% | 80% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 39% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 39% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 28% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 1.4 | 0.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 8 | ||
| 1.6 | 0.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.2 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 210% | 1100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 38% | ||
| 1.9 | 1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10.2 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inhulets | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 34 |
| 2 | Viktoriya Mykolaivka | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 3 | Livyi Bereh | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 24 |
| 4 | Yarud Mariupol' | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | SK Poltava | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Hirnyk-Sport | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 13 |
| 8 | Kremin' | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -21 | 11 |
| 9 | Dinaz Vyshhorod | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 10 |
| 10 | Chernihiv | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 23 | -22 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hirnyk | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 2 | Polessya | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Dnipro-1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Rukh Vynnyky | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 20 |
| 6 | Chornomorets | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| 7 | Dynamo Kyiv | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | Kolos Kovalivka | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Vorskla | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -9 | 14 |
| 10 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | LNZ Cherkasy | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | Obolon'-Brovar | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 12 |
| 13 | Oleksandria | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 10 |
| 14 | Zorya | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Veres | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 7 |
| 16 | Minai | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -15 | 5 |
