Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Desna & Vorskla face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ukrainian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Desna form and stats
Desna participated in Ukrainian Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.5 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Desna have to build on here in the Premier League. Two home wins in a row for Desna bring valid hopes of a third.
The Desna supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Zorya in Premier League and win 1-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Olimpik Donetsk and winning 2-1.
Oleksiy Gutsulyak was on the receiving end of a red card in the Desna-Zorya match, being sent off in the 21st minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 1-0 victory.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Desna's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won zero matches, drawn zero and lost one.
Desna are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Dynamo Kyiv awaits in one day.
The Desna fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. Desna have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.
Vorskla form and stats
Vorskla was sent out of Ukrainian Cup in the quarter-finals last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vorskla so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-10 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Vorskla as they have lost nine games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Kolos Kovalivka match.
Vladyslav Kulach scored in Vorskla's previous match, the home game against Olimpik Donetsk that ended 1-0. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Mariupol's place.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Vorskla when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning one game.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Vorskla manager Y. Maksymov as the team has another away game coming up in only one day, this time against Olimpik Donetsk.
Vorskla are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 5 goals from 11 away games. The Vorskla manager Y. Maksymov has some worries about the defense as 25 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Desna-Vorskla H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Desna three wins, Vorskla three wins, three draws. two of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 O. Filippov 12 goals | D. Khlyobas 7 goals |  V. Kalitvintsev 5 goals |
Desna missing players
Vorskla missing players
| Desna | Vorskla | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 49 | 22 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | ||
| 24 | 8 | Conceded | C | 27 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 52% | ||
| 5 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.7 | 7.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 174 | 60 | Total Shots | T S | 78 | 149 | ||
| 74 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 23 | 46 | ||
| 42% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 20% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 45 | 59 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 27 | 45 |
| 3 | Zorya | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 43 |
| 4 | Desna | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 21 | 42 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -14 | 26 |
| 7 | Dnipro-1 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -8 | 25 |
| 8 | Mariupol | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 23 | -14 | 25 |
| 9 | Lviv | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -19 | 20 |
| 10 | Vorskla | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 25 | -23 | 20 |
| 11 | Olimpik Donetsk | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -20 | 18 |
| 12 | Karpaty | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -23 | 13 |