The 2018 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match played on May 9, 2018, in Dnipro between Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv.

With him, Dynamo has already beat Shakhtar twice; however, considering results of the Ukrainian Super Cup in 2014, total tally between those teams with this referee at such level is 2 to 1 respectfully.

Before the final in interview to the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) website Dynamo manager Aliaksandr Khatskevich stated that his team intends to continue to compete for the championship, despite trailing five points behind the Miners with just two more rounds before finish line.

Identifying the key players in Shakhtar, the head coach of Dynamo pointed to Pyatov, Rakitskiy, and Taison.

At the end the Dynamo's manager drew attention that today's game was differ from previous ones in which Kyivans had not yielded to Miners.

At the same time Shakhtar, manager Paulo Fonseca, also giving an interview to the FFU website, stated that he anticipates a very difficult and emotional match against Dynamo in the final of Ukrainian Cup.

[7] According to the Portuguese, both teams have changed significantly compared with the last years final, in which Shakhtar beat Dynamo Kyiv (1–0).

Before the game, a street brawl occurred between both sets of fans, which consequently led to some 20 individuals being detained, according to a representative of local police.

In the post game press conference, Khatskevich stated that no one showed oneself expressively and he won't point to nobody.