Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Oleksandria & Zorya face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ukrainian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Vorskla. 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.
Oleksandria form and stats
Oleksandria was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Ukrainian Cup.Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Oleksandria are 6-2-3 (wins-draw-losses). On the other hand, in the Ukrainian Cup, Oleksandria has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. It's trouble wherever Oleksandria are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Desna.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Shakhtar Donetsk are coming to town in four days.
The Oleksandria fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 11 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Zorya form and stats
Zorya's mission in Ukrainian Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.6-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Zorya in their Premier League matches away.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Inhulets.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Vorskla was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
After this away game Zorya return home for a Premier League game against Olimpik Donetsk. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Zorya has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 11 games. Zorya are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Oleksandria, three draws and four wins for Zorya. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  O. Gladkiy 8 goals |  A. Gromov 6 goals | D. Ivanisenya 5 goals |
Oleksandria missing players
Zorya missing players
| Oleksandria | Zorya | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 35 | 26 | Scored | S | 20 | 38 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 9.6 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 11 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 35% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 31 | 52 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 32 | 45 |
| 3 | Zorya | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 38 |
| 4 | Vorskla | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 37 |
| 5 | Desna | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 36 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 33 |
| 7 | Oleksandria | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -2 | 26 |
| 8 | Dnipro-1 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -3 | 25 |
| 9 | Mariupol | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -13 | 21 |
| 10 | Inhulets | 21 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 19 |
| 11 | Minai | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | -21 | 18 |
| 12 | Lviv | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 26 | -28 | 18 |
| 13 | Olimpik Donetsk | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -14 | 17 |
| 14 | Rukh Vynnyky | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 16 |