National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nikopol or Tavriya 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.
Nikopol form and stats
Nikopol have not come this way in the Ukrainian Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Krystal. Last season their Ukrainian Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Nikopol are returning here after visiting Viktoriya Mykolaivka in a Second League: Group B game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
Before that, Nikopol had a Second League: Group B home game versus Tavriya which ended with a victory 2-1.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Nikopol friendly games in pre-season: Nikopol played one friendly, won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Nikopol scored 2 goals and conceded 7 in these one game.
Tavriya form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated MSK Dnipro Cherkasy in order to reach 2nd round of Ukrainian Cup. Tavriya was sent out of Ukrainian Cup in the 2nd round last season.There were no winners in Tavriya's previous match, a Second League: Group B home game that ended 1-1 vs Balkany Zorya.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Nikopol's place.Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nikopol two wins, three draws and Tavriya five victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Gora 3 goals |  O. Boyko 3 goals | M. Rogulin 2 goals |
Nikopol missing players
Tavriya missing players
| Nikopol | Tavriya | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Scored | S | 18 | 46 | ||
| 51 | 16 | Conceded | C | 17 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.7 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 8.6 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 7.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 55% | ||