National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hirnyk or Cherkashchyna-Akademiya that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It should be mentioned that Cherkashchyna-Akademiya play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Cherkashchyna-Akademiya on grass are 3 victories, 4 draws and 12 defeats from 19 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 12-33. You can compare this with overall results below.
It's quite the trip for Cherkashchyna-Akademiya when visiting Hirnyk as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.
Hirnyk form and stats
Hirnyk participated in Ukrainian Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.Hirnyk have collected 19 points from their Second League: Group B home games so far after 6-1-3.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 225 minutes.
The Hirnyk manager G. Prykhodko has got the team scoring with 20 from 10 home games in the league. On the other hand, Hirnyk have conceded 10 goals.
Cherkashchyna-Akademiya form and stats
Cherkashchyna-Akademiya's mission in Ukrainian Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cherkashchyna-Akademiya so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-13 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Cherkashchyna-Akademiya have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 17 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Polessya game. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Cherkashchyna-Akademiya, who have now gone 25 games without a victory. The Balkany Zorya game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
It was a Persha Liga defeat before that one as the away game against Prykarpattia wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.
Cherkashchyna-Akademiya lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cherkashchyna-Akademiya as they have only managed to score 8 times from 15 away games in the league. Cherkashchyna-Akademiya have conceded 34 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Gvozdevych 9 goals | I. Buka 6 goals | A. Grygoryk 5 goals |
Hirnyk missing players
Cherkashchyna-Akademiya missing players
| Hirnyk | Cherkashchyna-Akademiya | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 12 | 23 | ||
| 42 | 26 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Conceded | C | 33 | 68 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 4% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 44% | ||
| 8.9 | 9.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.4 | 7.8 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 60 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 46 | 98 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 41 | ||
| 55% | 73% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 24% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 33 | 48 |
| 2 | Alians Lypova Dolyna | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 39 | 47 |
| 3 | Krystal | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 30 | 47 |
| 4 | Hirnyk | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 6 | Nikopol | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 24 |
| 7 | Mykolaiv II | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -14 | 23 |
| 8 | Tavriya | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 24 | -23 | 17 |
| 9 | Real Pharm | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -28 | 16 |
| 10 | Avanhard II | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -20 | 14 |
| 11 | Chornomorets II | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 23 | -25 | 13 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Minai | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 24 | 62 |
| 2 | Inhulets | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 25 | 60 |
| 3 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 52 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 60 |
| 4 | Rukh Vynnyky | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 27 | 58 |
| 5 | Volyn | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 57 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 57 |
| 6 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 51 |
| 7 | Obolon'-Brovar | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 51 |
| 8 | Avanhard | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -3 | 45 |
| 9 | Chornomorets | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 39 |
| 10 | Hirnyk-Sport | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 42 | 48 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 27 | -6 | 39 |
| 11 | Mykolaiv | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 45 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 34 |
| 12 | Prykarpattia | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 44 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 31 | -7 | 30 |
| 13 | Kremin' | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 57 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 36 | -22 | 27 |
| 14 | Balkany Zorya | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 34 | -25 | 25 |
| 15 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 29 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 28 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 28 | -27 | 22 |
| 16 | Cherkashchyna-Akademiya | 30 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 74 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 34 | -51 | 7 |