National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Tavriya or Real Pharm that keep their silverware dream alive.
These teams have little in common geographically as Real Pharm have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Tavriya form and stats
Tavriya participated in Ukrainian Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Tavriya have collected 13 points from their Second League: Group B home games so far after 4-1-5.
Tavriya aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. Tavriya have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Real Pharm form and stats
Last season their Ukrainian Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.There's been little loot from Real Pharm's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the Second League: Group B. Real Pharm only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Avanhard II at their stadium, the result 2-1.
Pharm lost heavily in their last match (against Chornomorets II as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Pharm rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Tavriya-Real Pharm H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Tavriya five wins, Real Pharm zero wins, four draws. three of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Makarchenko 3 goals | M. Zhukov 3 goals |  V. Polishchuk 3 goals |
Tavriya missing players
Real Pharm missing players
| Tavriya | Real Pharm | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 15 | ||
| 23 | 18 | Scored | S | 10 | 14 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Conceded | C | 29 | 55 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 56% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 67 | 53 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 31 | ||
| 30 | 26 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | ||
| 23% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 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 | 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 |