Prykarpattya - FC Kharkiv. Forecast and preview for the 1/16 final match of the Ukrainian Cup

On Wednesday, September 16, a match of the 1/16 finals of the Ukrainian Cup between "Prykarpattya" and "Kharkiv" will take place. The game will start at 14:00 Kyiv time.

Prykarpattya.

The current season of the Ukrainian First League started quite well for the team. In the first 7 rounds of the championship, the team managed to collect 11 points, allowing them to currently hold the 5th position in the standings. However, the distance between the clubs is small - even from the 9th place, "Prykarpattya" is only 1 point away.

In the 1/32 finals of the Ukrainian Cup, the Ivano-Frankivsk team defeated the amateur team "Reshetylivka" with a score of 4:1.

FC Kharkiv.

The Kharkiv team also started the season relatively well. After 5 rounds of the Premier League, the team has 9 points thanks to victories over "Veres", "Zorya", and "Obolonnya". These results allow the team to be in the 5th position in the standings, trailing the top 3 by 4 points.

In the previous round of the Ukrainian Cup, "FC Kharkiv" defeated the amateur team "Kalynivka" with a score of 9:0.

Head-to-head meetings.

In the last 5 years, the teams played only once - in a friendly match before the 2024/25 season. Back then, "Prykarpattya" won with a score of 1-2. There was also a meeting in the 27th round of the first league in the 2020/2021 season in Ivano-Frankivsk, which ended with a score of 0-3 in favor of Kharkiv.

Prediction.

This year's cup games are indeed rich in goals, so I will bet on a total over 2.5 with odds of 1.63.