Shakhtar
Junior Moraes (63, pen.) Andrii Totovytskyi (66) Oleh Danchenko (83)
Ukrainian Cup
3 - 2
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 7:00 PM
OSK Metalist
Olimpik
Dmytro Bilonoh (55, pen.) Oleksii Gai (81)
Preview
October 31, Kharkiv, OSK Metalist, 19:00
Live broadcast on Futbol 2 channel
Before the match
After a major league victory over Arsenal-Kyiv and being 5 points clear of Dynamo, the Miners start their Ukrainian Cup campaign. Shakhtar are the 12-time Cup winners, with the club lifting the trophy in three recent seasons.
The suspended Olarenwaju Kayode will not take part in the competition. Marlos continues his recovery training sessions. However, the main piece of personnel news is the return of the captain Taison to the general group.
We want to remind you that just one match decides the next stage berth winners: in the case of a tie in regular time, the sides will have two more halves of 15 minutes each. After the meeting with Olimpik, the Orange-and-Blacks will remain in Kharkiv to host Dynamo Kyiv in the UPL on November 3. Tickets are on sale now.
Opponents
Olimpik has been enjoying their fifth Premier League campaign. During this time, the Donetsk team firmly established themselves in the top flight, winning the fourth spot and debuting in the UEFA Europa League. In early October, the head coach Roman Sanzhar, who worked there since 2013, has left the club. The former Shakhtar defender Viacheslav Shevchuk took the helm of the team, having had three games to date (defeating Chornomorets and losing to Dynamo and Vorskla).
Olimpik kicked off their Cup campaign a month ago, in the 3rd preliminary round, defeating Zirka in a penalty shoot-out. The team’s best performance dates back to the 2014/15 season: the Olympians reached the semi-finals, knocking out Real Farma, Metalurh Zaporizhya, Vorskla and stopping vs Dynamo.
In addition to the battle of coaches, the plot will involve meeting with three other former Shakhtar players: Oleksii Guy, Anton Shynder and Dmytro Bilonoh. We also want to add that in the Olimpik camp, Anton Kravchenko got back to training after missing the game vs Vorskla.
Head-to-head record
The opponents have never locked horns in the Cup. Out of the 11 UPL games, the Miners won 8 ones, plus 3 draws. The goal difference is 35-9.
Previous meeting
In August, Shakhtar claimed a league win of 5-2 (a hat trick by Junior Moraes, plus goals of Marlos and Taras Stepanenko).
Shakhtar Vs. Olimpik history
Recent games
Ukrainian Cup
Wed 31
•Oct 2018
•19:00
OSK Metalist
Referee: Mykola Balakin
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