Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Yarud Mariupol' & Metal Kharkiv face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ukrainian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Yarud Mariupol' form and stats
Last season, Mariupol''s Ukrainian Cup journey ended in the 1st round.Mariupol' shared the glory with SK Poltava in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
Preceding that match was the home Second League: Group B game against Peremoga that was lost 1-2.Metal Kharkiv form and stats
Last season their Ukrainian Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Metal Kharkiv are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the Persha Liga. Kharkiv have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of 15 victories in a row regardless of arena.
Kharkiv play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Olimpik Donetsk.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Prykarpattia at their stadium, the result 4-1.A new game in only four days for Metal Kharkiv, the Persha Liga home match versus Obolon'-Brovar. Busy days.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 8 goals in 3 league games away this season. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Yarud Mariupol' wins - draws - Metal Kharkiv wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Bahlouli 3 goals |  J. Riascos Valencia 2 goals | K. Lysenko 1 goals |
Yarud Mariupol' missing players
Metal Kharkiv missing players
| Yarud Mariupol' | Metal Kharkiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 12 | 23 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Scored | S | 32 | 72 | ||
| 45 | 17 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 62% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.6 | 7.5 | ||
| 8 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6.6 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 11.2 | ||
| 2.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 52% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 52% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Metal Kharkiv | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | Avanhard | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Obolon'-Brovar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Nyva Ternopil' | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Polessya | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Minai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Volyn | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Mykolaiv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Alians Lypova Dolyna | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | Olimpik Donetsk | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Prykarpattia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Hirnyk-Sport | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 15 | Kremin' | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 3 |
| 16 | Uzhhorod | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -10 | 1 |