National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Metalist 1925 Kharkiv or Oleksandria 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.
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv form and stats
Last season, Metalist's Ukrainian Cup journey ended in the 1st round.Metalist 1925 Kharkiv are steadily winning Premier League games and points here. 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 6 games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Metalist 1925 Kharkiv has won four games in a row. The Lviv match was the last time out without a victory.
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv's last game was hosting Inhulets and winning 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Metalist played a great game against Inhulets and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Before that match, a Premier League win away at Mariupol.The Metalist fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 6 league matches. On the other hand, Metalist have conceded 7 goals.
Oleksandria form and stats
They also participated in Ukrainian Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.3 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Oleksandria playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Oleksandria has drawn their two previous away games.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Desna in their previous outing. The Premier League match ended in a draw 1-1.
The game before that, in the Premier League, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Vorskla.The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Oleksandria as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv missing players
Oleksandria missing players
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Oleksandria | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 17 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Scored | S | 17 | 27 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Conceded | C | 23 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 41% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 20% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 10.1 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 49% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 27% | ||
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 29 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 25 | 29 |
| 3 | Vorskla | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Dnipro-1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Zorya | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Veres | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Desna | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Rukh Vynnyky | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 11 | Kolos Kovalivka | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Inhulets | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 8 |
| 13 | Minai | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 14 | Lviv | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -12 | 6 |
| 15 | Chornomorets | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -14 | 6 |
| 16 | Mariupol | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -16 | 4 |