"Kalinivka" - "Kharkiv": what to expect from the cup match?

FC Kharkiv begins its journey in the Ukrainian Cup of the 2026/27 season. In the 1/32 finals, Mladen Bartulovich's team will face the amateur team "Kalynivka". Last season, Kharkiv reached the semifinals of the tournament, and this time they will try to at least repeat that result.

Ukrainian Cup. 1/32 finals

August 22, Schaslyve, "Arsenal-Arena"

"Kalynivka" - "Kharkiv"

Start: 14:00

Referee: Dmytro Reznikov (Kamianske)

FC Kharkiv's Status

The Bartulovich's team started the new season with a victory over "Veres" - 1:0. Kharkiv had the upper hand in the game, but for a long time couldn't score. The decisive moment was the substitution of Ramik Gadzhiyev, who brought three points to his team.

In the second round, "Kharkiv" suffered its first defeat of the season, losing to "Polissya" - 1:3. The defense of Kharkiv, which was one of the team's strengths last season, made several mistakes this time. The only goal for "Kharkiv" was scored by Peter Itodo at the end of the match.

The team left a completely different impression after the third round match against "Shakhtar". "Kharkiv" conceded a goal at the start of the match, but then managed to put up a serious fight and created a number of dangerous moments. They couldn't equalize - 0:1, but the game itself gave Kharkiv plenty of reasons for optimism.

Now the team switches to the Ukrainian Cup. Last season, "Kharkiv" reached the semifinals, so this year the team faces high tournament tasks.

Possible lineup of "Kharkiv": Varakuta - Krupskyi, Dubko, Pavlyuk, Martyniuk - Kohut, Profini, Kastyliyo - Antyukh, Itodo, Gadzhiyev.

Possible lineup of "Kalynivka": Horkovets - Lyashchuk, Oliynyk, Kasyanenko, Bondar, Orel, Komisar, Chepurnenko, Hryshchenko, Rokotyanskyi, Borodenko.

THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE TEAMS

"Kalynivka" and "Kharkiv" have not met before. Thus, the upcoming cup match will be the first face-to-face match between the teams in history.