National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Metal Kharkiv or Desna that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Metal Kharkiv form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Ukrainian Cup for Kharkiv, as the manager O. Kucher led his troops to eliminate Skoruk Tomakivka and Yarud Mariupol', and reach the 3rd Round. Last season their Ukrainian Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Metal Kharkiv have played 4 Persha Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The spoils were shared in Kharkiv's previous game, also at home. Visiting Polessya travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. The hometeam coach O. Kucher made a successful contribution in the game against Polessya, bringing on E. Demchenko who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Before that match, a Persha Liga win away at Avanhard.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (9 in 4 games), Kharkiv's attacking play is working. Defensively Kharkiv have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Desna form and stats
Last season their Ukrainian Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.Desna are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Andriy Totovytskyi scored in Desna's previous match, the home game against Rukh Vynnyky that ended 1-0.
A 2-2 draw at Vorskla's stadium before that.The visiting Desna have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. For Desna, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Vieira Campos Peixoto 5 goals |  D. Bezborodko 5 goals |  F. Bahlouli 4 goals |
Metal Kharkiv missing players
Desna missing players
| Metal Kharkiv | Desna | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 73 | 36 | Scored | S | 13 | 36 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 24 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 44% | ||
| 64% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 6.9 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 12.3 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 10.3 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 48% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Metal Kharkiv | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 19 | 25 |
| 2 | Hirnyk | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | Alians Lypova Dolyna | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | Polessya | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Obolon'-Brovar | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Volyn | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Minai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Kremin' | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Avanhard | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Mykolaiv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Nyva Ternopil' | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Prykarpattia | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | Olimpik Donetsk | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Hirnyk-Sport | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 7 |
| 14 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 6 |
| 16 | Uzhhorod | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -20 | 1 |
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 19 |
| 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 | Oleksandria | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Vorskla | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | Zorya | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 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 | Minai | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 14 | Chornomorets | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 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 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 2 |