National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Desna or Rukh Vynnyky that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Desna and Rukh Vynnyky.
Desna form and stats
Desna participated in Ukrainian Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.As mentioned below, Desna are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Premier League games. Desna has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Desna's last game was hosting Rukh Vynnyky and winning 3-1. Prior to that, an away loss at Wolfsburg in the Europa League.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Desna, as the Premier League home game vs Shakhtar Donetsk is only four days away.
Desna has the goal stats of 6-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Rukh Vynnyky form and stats
Rukh Vynnyky was sent out of Ukrainian Cup in the 16th finals last season.It's not happening yet for Rukh Vynnyky on their Premier League travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? With two straight losses from their last two away games, Rukh Vynnyky are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Rukh Vynnyky, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Desna. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Shakhtar Donetsk.
After this away game Vynnyky return home for a Premier League game against Lviv. That game is only three sleeps after this.
3 goals so far away for Rukh Vynnyky, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 8. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Desna two wins, zero draws and Rukh Vynnyky one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Budkivskyi 2 goals | A. Gitchenko 1 goals | J. Tamm 1 goals |
Desna missing players
Rukh Vynnyky missing players
| Desna | Rukh Vynnyky | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 55 | 29 | Scored | S | 15 | 35 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Conceded | C | 23 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 48% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 194 | 105 | Total Shots | T S | 104 | 179 | ||
| 84 | 44 | Shots on Target | S O | 43 | 79 | ||
| 44% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 29% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2 | Vorskla | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Desna | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Kolos Kovalivka | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Mariupol | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Oleksandria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Olimpik Donetsk | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Zorya | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Inhulets | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Minai | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 3 |
| 12 | Rukh Vynnyky | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 1 |
| 13 | Dnipro-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 14 | Lviv | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -11 | 0 |