National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Chornomorets 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.
Chornomorets form and stats
Chornomorets participated in Ukrainian Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Chornomorets's struggle is real here with only 3 points collected from 6 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-3-3. With seven home Premier League games in a row without a win, the Chornomorets fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Krystal game long ago, can be stopped today.
Chornomorets drew their last game, also a home match. Lviv was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
Preceding that match was a Premier League defeat to Veres (0-1).Chornomorets aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 4 goals from 6 games. Chornomorets have conceded 11 from these games.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Shakhtar Donetsk was sent out of Ukrainian Cup in the quarter-finals last season.Shakhtar Donetsk's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Shakhtar Donetsk collect 14 points from their 6 away matches in the Premier League. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Oleksandria game have they lost an away game, meaning Shakhtar Donetsk has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Shakhtar Donetsk play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Vorskla.
A loss against Real Madrid was the result prior to that, in a Champions League home game.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Desna in just three days.
Shakhtar Donetsk have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 14 goals from 6 away matches. The Shakhtar defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 6 games).
Head 2 Head
Data for the last ten meetings featuring these two participants are: one win for Chornomorets, two draws and seven wins for Shakhtar Donetsk. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Traore 6 goals |  M. Lemos Martins 5 goals |   A. Avagimian 3 goals |
Chornomorets missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Chornomorets | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Scored | S | 25 | 50 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 7 | 20 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 5 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.6 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.6 | 12.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 37% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 29 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 25 | 29 |
| 3 | Vorskla | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Dnipro-1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Zorya | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Veres | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Desna | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Rukh Vynnyky | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 11 | Kolos Kovalivka | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Minai | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Inhulets | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 8 |
| 14 | Lviv | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 7 |
| 15 | Chornomorets | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -14 | 7 |
| 16 | Mariupol | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -16 | 4 |