Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
Previous encounters
Both clubs exist since the Soviet times, but they never played each other in official games (domestic league, national cup) with Shakhtar playing at the top tier and Vorskla (earlier as Kolos) at the third tier of the All-Union football competitions.
Following dissolution of the Soviet Union, a matchup of these teams became more regular. While Vorskla is recognized as an obvious underdog, it is considered as not an easy opponent for the miners. Within the Ukrainian Cup, both teams met 9 times with 6 matches played at quarterfinals stage. [8] Vorskla was victorious twice, while Shakhtar has 5 wins. However, this is their second final and in the last one between them, in 2009, Vorskla gained its only national trophy thus far.
This was also the second final for the Vorskla's manager Serhiy Dolhanskyi who in 2009 as a captain and goalkeeper of Vorskla won the cup already in the role of a player in the Vorskla–Shakhtar final.
Teams at the competition's finals
| Team | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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| Vorskla Poltava | 2 ( 2009 , 2020) |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 19 ( 1995 , 1997 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003, 2004 , 2005, 2007, 2008 , 2009, 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014, 2015, 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 ) |
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