Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Polessya & Minai face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ukrainian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Polessya nor Minai as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Polessya form and stats
Action has already taken place for Polessya in Ukrainian Cup as they have defeated Obolon'-Brovar and Chayka to reach the 3rd Round. Polessya was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Ukrainian Cup.Polessya are yet to win a home game, having collected 2 points from their first two Persha Liga games here. In general it's been a long time since Polessya tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.
Polessya drew their last game, also a home match. Prykarpattia was the opponent, 1-1 the score. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Krystal.
Polessya has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Minai form and stats
Minai was sent out of Ukrainian Cup in the semi-finals last season.0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Minai playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
A. Shynder was the last player to score for the away team. Minai haven't scored a league goal in the last 236 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Minai in their previous game, as they lost their Premier League-match, hosting Dynamo Kyiv, 0-4. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Olimpik Donetsk's place.
Minai lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Inhulets.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Minai has managed 0 goals and let in 3 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Polessya victory, one draw and one Minai win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ponedelnik 1 goals | E. Troyanovskiy 1 goals |   A. Shynder 1 goals |
Polessya missing players
Minai missing players
| Polessya | Minai | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Scored | S | 21 | 32 | ||
| 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 16 | 30 | ||
| 80% | 70% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 64% | 70% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 70 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 90 | ||
| 24 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 37 | ||
| 58% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chornomorets | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Hirnyk-Sport | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Alians Lypova Dolyna | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Kremin' | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Polessya | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Veres | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Obolon'-Brovar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Nyva Ternopil' | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Mykolaiv | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Avanhard | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 14 | Volyn | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Prykarpattia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 1 |
| 16 | Krystal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2 | Vorskla | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Desna | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Kolos Kovalivka | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Mariupol | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Oleksandria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Olimpik Donetsk | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Zorya | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Inhulets | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Minai | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 3 |
| 12 | Rukh Vynnyky | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 1 |
| 13 | Dnipro-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 14 | Lviv | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -11 | 0 |