Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Balkany Zorya & VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ukrainian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Balkany Zorya form and stats
Action has already taken place for Balkany Zorya in Ukrainian Cup as they have defeated Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka to reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Balkany's Ukrainian Cup journey ended in the 1st round.The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Tavriya on their last time out; the Second League: Group B game ended 1-1.
Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Real Pharm.VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Real Pharm in order to reach 2nd round of Ukrainian Cup. They also participated in Ukrainian Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Persha Liga, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
Home advantage was not enough for VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka in their previous game, as they lost their Persha Liga-match, hosting Prykarpattia, 0-1.
Preceding that game was the away Persha Liga victory against Uzhhorod with the score of 3-1.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka have scored 3 goals in 3 league games away. The Shevchenkivka manager O. Grytsay has some worries about the defense as 6 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Kulish 4 goals |   V. Priyomov 3 goals | B. Prybluda 2 goals |
Balkany Zorya missing players
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka missing players
| Balkany Zorya | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Scored | S | 13 | 25 | ||
| 30 | 12 | Conceded | C | 18 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 48% | ||
| 4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 6.6 | 1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.4 | ||
| 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 44% | ||
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Metal Kharkiv | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 3 | Nyva Ternopil' | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Avanhard | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Obolon'-Brovar | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Olimpik Donetsk | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Alians Lypova Dolyna | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Minai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mykolaiv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Volyn | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Prykarpattia | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Polessya | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 13 | Kremin' | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 14 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Hirnyk-Sport | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | Uzhhorod | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -12 | 1 |