The UPL press service offers to familiarize yourself with the main figures of the final match for the Ukrainian Cup.
Photo: fcdynamo.com- "Shakhtar" became the record 15th time holder of the Ukrainian Cup.
- "Shakhtar" played in the final for the record 21st time in the history of the Cup, while "Dynamo" — for the 19th.
- For the 5th time in Cup finals, the winner was decided by penalty shootouts. Previously — in 1994, 1995, 2015, and 2020.
- In the Cup finals, "Dynamo" and "Shakhtar" met 11 times: 6 victories for the Donetsk club and 5 for the Kyiv club.
- It was the 2nd time after the final cup matches between "Shakhtar" and "Dynamo" that a penalty shootout was performed, and for the first time the "miners" celebrated victory. In 2015, Dynamo players executed better from the spot.
- Overall, "Shakhtar" in all stages of the Ukrainian Cup has gone to post-match penalties for the 5th time and won for the 3rd time.
- "Dynamo" played in the Cup for the 20th time to a draw in normal or extra time and went to a penalty shootout for the 8th time, suffering their 4th defeat.
- The 165th match of Shakhtar in the Ukrainian Cup: +121=23−21 goals 373—115, the 158th — "Dynamo": +121=20−17 goals 369—98.
- The "dry" cup series of "Shakhtar", which lasted 319 minutes, was interrupted.
- The 20th goal in the Ukrainian Cup is scored by Andriy Yarmolenko ("Dynamo"), the 1st — Kauan Elias ("Shakhtar", in the 1st game).
- The 1st cup match of "Shakhtar" under Marino Pushich, which did not end in victory in normal or extra time (in the 7th game) and "Dynamo" under Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (in the 4th).
- The 10th match in the Ukrainian Cup was played by Yehor Nazaryna, 1st — Kauan Elias, Viktor Tsukanov (all — "Shakhtar").
- Zhytomyr hosted the Ukrainian Cup final for the first time and became the 10th city entrusted to hold the decisive cup match. Previously, the trophy holders were determined at stadiums in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Sumy, Poltava, Lviv, Zaporizhzhia, Ternopil, and Rivne.
