In the last match of the game day on Thursday in the 1/8 finals of the Cup of Ukraine Kharkiv "Metalist" will play at home with Kovalevsky "Kolos". We bring to your attention the forecast for this duel.
Metalist
"Metalist" by Alexander Yaroslavsky is confidently moving towards returning to its former level. In the First League, Kharkiv is now confidently leading, coming off by 7 points from the nearest opponent. This allows us to concentrate now on the Ukrainian Cup. In the previous stages, the "yellow-blue" passed the Mariupol "Yarud" (3:1), Tomakovsky "Skoruk" (3:0) and Chernihiv "Desna" (2:1).
"Ear"
The "spikelets" are extremely unstable this season, and even the change of the head coach did not help solve the problems. After the October break for the matches of the national teams, Sergey Kuznetsov's team lost both away matches – "Dnipro-1" (0:2) and "Dawn" (0:1). The Kovalev team has not played in the Ukrainian Cup this season yet. Last season they reached the quarterfinals, where they lost to Dynamo in a penalty shootout.
Statistics and figures
- Metalist have won 36 of their last 41 matches, losing only once;
- Metalist has a 20-match unbeaten streak in home matches (18 wins + 2 draws);
- In six of the last seven matches of Metalist, the Total bet was more than 2.5;
- Kolos has lost 3 matches out of the last four, winning only once;
- In four of the last five matches of Kolos, the bet "At least one will not score + Total less than 2.5" was held;
- Kolos scored only in one away match this season out of six played.
Forecast
The ambitious Metalist is determined to prove himself in the Cup. This season it's time for Kolos to think about survival in the UPL, and it will be irrational to spend their strength in the cup competition – they are unlikely to win the trophy anyway with such an unstable game. Kharkiv residents should win here, and do it in the main time.
