National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dynamo Kyiv or Vorskla that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Shakhtar Donetsk, was also a home game here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist. The away team is better rested.
Dynamo Kyiv form and stats
Dynamo Kyiv was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Ukrainian Cup.This match is a Ukrainian Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
The Dynamo crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Shakhtar Donetsk here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist in a Premier League match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Desna (2-3).
There will be little rest for Dynamo after this match as they are travelling to Oleksandria for a Premier League game in only four days.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Dynamo Kyiv, who have participated in 13 training matches. Dynamo have won 9 of these, drawn 2 and were beaten in 2 games.
Vorskla form and stats
They also participated in Ukrainian Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Ukrainian Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Vorskla have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone twelve consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Kolos Kovalivka game.
Vorskla has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Lviv for a Premier League game that ended a draw (2-2). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Olimpik Donetsk in the Premier League.
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 four days, this time against Karpaty.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Vorskla have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 4 draws and 2 defeats from seven fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Dynamo Kyiv-Vorskla H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Dynamo seven wins, Vorskla one win, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  V. Tsygankov 12 goals |  V. Buyalskyy 9 goals |  C. de Pena Bonino 9 goals |
Dynamo Kyiv missing players
Vorskla missing players
| Dynamo Kyiv | Vorskla | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 17 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 57 | 37 | Scored | S | 11 | 22 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Conceded | C | 20 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 64% | ||
| 64% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 24% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 41% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 36% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 299 | 204 | Total Shots | T S | 103 | 176 | ||
| 126 | 79 | Shots on Target | S O | 31 | 53 | ||
| 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 28% | ||