National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Tavriya or Oleksandria that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Tavriya nor Oleksandria 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.
Tavriya form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Ukrainian Cup for Tavriya, as the manager S. Puchkov led his troops to eliminate Nikopol and MSK Dnipro Cherkasy, and reach the 3rd Round. Tavriya was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Ukrainian Cup.A strong away win for Tavriya against Real Pharm the last match.
Preceding that match was the home Second League: Group B game against Trostianets that was lost 0-2.The manager S. Puchkov will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Skoruk Tomakivka in only four days.
Oleksandria form and stats
They also participated in Ukrainian Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.The visitors are W3-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Two away games in a row for Oleksandria, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Dynamo Kyiv in the Premier League. Oleksandria were so close to getting something from the game against Dynamo Kyiv, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal seven minutes into overtime.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Inhulets in the Premier League.A new game in only three days for Oleksandria, the Premier League home match versus Mariupol. Busy days.
Oleksandria have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 7 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Oleksandria as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior two meetings involving these two contenders are: one win for Tavriya, one draw and zero wins for Oleksandria. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  A. Barladym 3 goals | O. Boyko 3 goals | V. Dolya 2 goals |
Tavriya missing players
Oleksandria missing players
| Tavriya | Oleksandria | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 17 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 46 | 27 | Scored | S | 14 | 24 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Conceded | C | 23 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 2 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.7 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | ||
| 48% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 22 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 19 |
| 3 | Dnipro-1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Desna | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Vorskla | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | Zorya | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Veres | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Rukh Vynnyky | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 10 | Kolos Kovalivka | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 11 | Inhulets | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 12 | Minai | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 14 | Chornomorets | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 5 |
| 15 | Mariupol | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -10 | 4 |
| 16 | Lviv | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 2 |