National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Veres or Vorskla that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Veres and Vorskla.
Veres form and stats
Veres was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Ukrainian Cup.Veres are steadily winning Premier League games and points here. 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games. In general it's been a long time since Veres tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last 23 home games in the league.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Veres, as their goalkeeper Artem Kichak has completely shut out the opponents for 274 minutes in the Premier League.
A nice win for Veres last time playing, versus Mariupol. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Mykhailo Shestakov (2) scoring for the victors.
In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Chornomorets with a 1-0 scoreline.Veres are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Inhulets awaits in three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Veres here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). As for guarding their own goal, Veres have only let in 1 goal at home.
Vorskla form and stats
Vorskla was sent out of Ukrainian Cup in the 8th finals last season.The visitors are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Momentum is building for Vorskla in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Vorskla's previous game was their home loss versus Shakhtar Donetsk (0-2).
Preceding that game was the away Premier League victory against Oleksandria with the score of 2-1.The visiting Vorskla have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 4 games. It's not easy to score on Vorskla as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Veres one win, three draws and Vorskla two victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Stepanyuk 7 goals |  M. Shestakov 3 goals | O. Thill 3 goals |
Veres missing players
Vorskla missing players
| Veres | Vorskla | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 8 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Scored | S | 10 | 42 | ||
| 30 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 78% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 44% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 22% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 6.9 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 47% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 44% | ||
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 29 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 25 | 29 |
| 3 | Vorskla | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Dnipro-1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Zorya | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Veres | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Desna | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Rukh Vynnyky | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 11 | Kolos Kovalivka | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Minai | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Inhulets | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 8 |
| 14 | Lviv | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 7 |
| 15 | Chornomorets | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -14 | 7 |
| 16 | Mariupol | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -16 | 4 |