National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka or Olimpik Donetsk that keep their silverware dream alive.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Persha Liga match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Mykolaiv, was also a home game here at Stadion Meteor. The away team is better rested.
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka form and stats
Shevchenkivka have not come this way in the Ukrainian Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Metal Kharkiv and Kremin'. Last season, Shevchenkivka's Ukrainian Cup journey ended in the 1st round.When playing at home in the Persha Liga, VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games.
The Shevchenkivka crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to Mykolaiv here at Stadion Meteor in a Persha Liga match. Ahead of that match, Shevchenkivka won a home game hosting Nyva Ternopil' (1-0).
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka, as the Persha Liga home game vs Ahrobiznes Volochysk is only two days away.
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka have scored 2 goals here in 5 league matches, a depressing statistic. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Shevchenkivka with 10 goals conceded in these matches.
Olimpik Donetsk form and stats
Olimpik's mission in Ukrainian Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.Olimpik Donetsk have six points from their first three away games in the Premier League, meaning two victories and a loss.
Olimpik Donetsk played 3-3 against Mariupol in their previous match. Preceding that game was the away Premier League victory against Kolos Kovalivka with the score of 2-1.
The match against Mariupol looked like a defeat for Olimpik, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 3-3. Ibrahim Kargbo Jr equalized in the 90th minute. As you can tell from the result, the match against Mariupol was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? As mentioned above, Olimpik drew the match against Mariupol. Manager I. Klymovskyi brought on Ibrahim Kargbo Jr to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Olimpik has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. Olimpik have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Zahedi 5 goals |  V. Gorbachenko 4 goals |  S. Politylo 3 goals |
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka missing players
Olimpik Donetsk missing players
| VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | Olimpik Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 45 | 23 | Scored | S | 17 | 43 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 15 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 65 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 116 | 247 | ||
| 26 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 50 | 93 | ||
| 88% | 217% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hirnyk-Sport | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 | Chornomorets | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Volyn | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | Mykolaiv | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 7 | Veres | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 8 | Polessya | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 9 | Nyva Ternopil' | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 14 |
| 10 | Obolon'-Brovar | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 11 | Alians Lypova Dolyna | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Kremin' | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 12 |
| 13 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -11 | 10 |
| 14 | Prykarpattia | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 8 |
| 15 | Avanhard | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -12 | 8 |
| 16 | Krystal | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -12 | 6 |
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| 3 | Vorskla | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Desna | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Kolos Kovalivka | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Olimpik Donetsk | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Mariupol | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 12 |
| 9 | Zorya | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | Dnipro-1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Inhulets | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Minai | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 6 |
| 13 | Rukh Vynnyky | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 4 |
| 14 | Lviv | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -17 | 4 |