Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Minai & Dynamo Kyiv face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ukrainian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Dynamo Kyiv could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Zorya. 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.
Minai form and stats
Minai was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Ukrainian Cup.Minai have been outstanding at home so far in the Persha Liga with 8 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss. On the other hand, in the Ukrainian Cup, Minai has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stadion Mynai after three straight home wins.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Inhulets (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties) in the Ukrainian Cup last time out and are looking for a win here. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Ukrainian Cup home game that ended 1-1 versus Inhulets (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties).
Goals decide football matches and Minai are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 10 league matches. Minai are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Mynai in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.
Dynamo Kyiv form and stats
Last season their Ukrainian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Two travels in a row for Dynamo, whose manager O. Mykhaylychenko could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Zorya. Prior to that match, a home win 5-1 against Oleksandria in the Premier League.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Nuriev 12 goals |   V. Buyalskyy 9 goals |  V. Tsygankov 9 goals |
Minai missing players
Dynamo Kyiv missing players
| Minai | Dynamo Kyiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 7 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Scored | S | 17 | 53 | ||
| 25 | 9 | Conceded | C | 8 | 23 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 86% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 71% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 233 | 148 | Total Shots | T S | 84 | 321 | ||
| 100 | 66 | Shots on Target | S O | 42 | 127 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rukh Vynnyky | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 39 |
| 2 | Volyn | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 38 |
| 3 | Inhulets | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 37 |
| 4 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 37 |
| 5 | Minai | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 37 |
| 6 | Obolon'-Brovar | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 35 |
| 8 | Avanhard | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 33 |
| 9 | Hirnyk-Sport | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Chornomorets | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 22 |
| 11 | Prykarpattia | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 20 |
| 12 | Mykolaiv | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 18 |
| 13 | Kremin' | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | Balkany Zorya | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -15 | 15 |
| 15 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | -19 | 9 |
| 16 | Cherkashchyna-Akademiya | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -27 | 6 |