National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Epitsentr Dunayivtsi or Metalist 1925 Kharkiv that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League. That game was also an away game, at Lviv. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Epitsentr Dunayivtsi form and stats
Dunayivtsi have reached this Ukrainian Cup stage through battling and winning against Podillya Khmelnytskyi and Nyva Ternopil'. Last season their Ukrainian Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Epitsentr Dunayivtsi are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
A good away victory last time out for Epitsentr Dunayivtsi, who won 3-1 against MSK Dnipro Cherkasy.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Rubikon.The match schedule is unforgiving for Epitsentr Dunayivtsi as they have a new game in only four days, a Second League: Group A match thankfully also at home. AFSK Kyiv are visiting.
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv form and stats
Last season their Ukrainian Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Metalist 1925 Kharkiv playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Lviv in their previous outing. The Premier League match ended in a draw 0-0.
A 0-2 loss hosting Dynamo Kyiv before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Metalist manager V. Kryventsov as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Desna.
Metalist are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 0 goals from 4 away games. 5 goals have been conceded by Metalist 1925 Kharkiv in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Barbosa da Silva 2 goals | E. Nemtinov 2 goals | A. Yakubov 2 goals |
Epitsentr Dunayivtsi missing players
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv missing players
| Epitsentr Dunayivtsi | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 12 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 32 | 24 | Scored | S | 13 | 35 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 5.6 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.8 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 33% | 35% | 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 | Dynamo Kyiv | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 22 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 19 |
| 3 | Dnipro-1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Desna | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | Vorskla | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | Zorya | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | Oleksandria | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Veres | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Rukh Vynnyky | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 10 | Kolos Kovalivka | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 11 | Inhulets | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 12 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 13 | Minai | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Chornomorets | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 5 |
| 15 | Mariupol | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -10 | 4 |
| 16 | Lviv | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 3 |