Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nikopol & Krystal face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ukrainian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Nikopol form and stats
Last season, Nikopol's Ukrainian Cup journey ended in the 1st round.3 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Nikopol have to build on here in the Second League: Group B.
Nikopol's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Krystal. Ahead of that match, Nikopol lost 1-2 at home to Krystal.
The Nikopol fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. Nikopol have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Krystal form and stats
Krystal was sent out of Ukrainian Cup in the 1st round last season.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Second League: Group B.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Nikopol at their stadium, the result 2-1.
The Krystal manager E. Khavrov has got the team scoring on the road, with 24 away goals in 10 league matches. As opposed to that, Krystal have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Nikopol-Krystal H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nikopol one win, Krystal eight wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Barladym 11 goals |   S. Mandrovskiy 9 goals | I. Glyviy 8 goals |
Nikopol missing players
Krystal missing players
| Nikopol | Krystal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Scored | S | 28 | 58 | ||
| 39 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 5.7 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 80 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 51 | 80 | ||
| 32 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 29 | 44 | ||
| 44% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 52% | ||
| 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 |