Ukraine recorded a 2-0 win in the first leg courtesy of goals from Yarmolenko and Seleznyov and will now be hoping to finish the job in an away fixture. Ukraine however have an awful record in the play off stage having made it this far on numerous occasions but failing to grab a victory over two legs.
Their most recent heart ache in the play off stage took place in 2013 when they carried a 2-0 win to France in World Cup Qualification campaign but suffered a 3-0 defeat in the away fixture thereby failing to qualify for the World Cup.
Manager Mykhaylo Fomenko is however calm this time around and is confident that his side can do the job in an away fixture.
"Of course it would be better to start the tie away, but we cannot change anything with the draw," said Fomenko.
"We have experience of beating France in a home first leg and we will use that in our preparations this time.
"It is a bit disappointing that we didn't get the third goal, but saying that we didn't concede either. Now we need to calm down.
"We have time, the players can relax and in Maribor we will decide on our line-up. Our players know what they have to do in the second leg."
They will however be against a Slovenia side which has a strong home record having won five of their last seven competitive matches on home soil. Ukraine on the other hand have done well on their travels and in the qualification stage suffered just a single defeat which was at the hands of Spain.
Slovenia manager Srecko Katanec was disappointed by his players' inability to convert chances but insisted that the tie is not over as yet.
"This is not the end of our campaign," he said.
"We will try to produce our best football at home and will try to secure a result. I decided to take off Josip Ilicic in the first leg because we have another game, so we must be careful with our best players.
"My congratulations go to Ukraine for the first leg – they scored two goals and this will help them in the tie. It was very disappointing that we missed all our chances, particularly one at the start of the game."
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