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Oleksandriia

Oleksandr Filippov (37) Ivan Kaliuzhnyi (42) Oleksandr Filippov (48, pen.) Oleksandr Filippov (57)

Ukrainian Premier League

4 - 3

Saturday, August 24, 2024 1:00 PM
Nika stadium

Shakhtar

Artem Shabanov (16, o/g) Dmytro Kryskiv (25) Pedrinho (90)

Preview

August 24, Oleksandriia, CSC Nika, 13:00
The live broadcast will be available on UPL.TV

Match build-up

Shakhtar won 2 times and lost once at the start of the championship and are in the leader group with 6 points after 3 rounds. At the same time, the Miners have the best goal difference (6-1) among their competitors. Marino Pusic’s men defeated the newcomers of the elite division Livyi Bereh (1-0) through Danylo Sikan's goal a week ago. By the way, the Ukrainian forward received the newly created Shakhtar’s Top Scorer of the Season prize this week for becoming the team's most prolific player in the 2023/24 campaign with 16 goals.

Opponents

Oleksandriia missed the first round of the league, defeating LNZ (2-0) and Zorya (2-1) in the following ones. Currently, Ruslan Rotan's team are among the leaders of the Premier League with 6 points (goal difference: 4-1). It is interesting that Ukrainian midfielder Kyrylo Kovalets and 21-year-old Brazilian newcomer Juan Alvina Bezerra of Oleksandriia scored in both matches.

Match background

The teams met 30 times in the Ukrainian Premier League: the Miners won 21 times, 6 games ended in a draw, the Oleksandriia outfit proved stronger in 3 meetings. Total goal difference: 53-27 in favour of the Orange-and-Blacks.

Previous match

The teams played in Oleksandriia on February 26. The match saw even game and ultimately ended in a scoreless draw, but due to the participation of Ivan Kaliuzhnyi, who was not submitted by Oleksandriia at the moment of the match kickoff, the UAF СDC decided to cancel the result and award Shakhtar a 3-0 default win.

The Oleksandriia vs Shakhtar match will be officiated by the judging panel headed by Vitalii Romanov. Assistants: Valentyn Kutsev and Oleksandr Korniiko. VAR system will be used during the game (Volodymyr Novokhatnii will be the VAR referee).

Oleksandriia Vs. Shakhtar history

Recent games
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Ukrainian Premier League

Sat 24

Aug 2024

13:00

Nika stadium

Referee: Vitalii Romanov

P TEAM P W D L F A PNT
1 Dynamo 12 10 2 0 29 9 32
2 Oleksandriia 12 10 2 0 21 7 32
3 Shakhtar 12 8 2 2 31 12 26
4 Polissia 12 6 4 2 20 10 22
5 Kryvbas 12 5 4 3 13 11 19
6 LNZ 13 5 3 5 15 18 18
7 Karpaty 13 5 3 5 15 17 18
8 Veres 13 3 6 4 14 16 15
9 Rukh 12 3 6 3 16 9 15
10 Zorya 13 5 0 8 13 17 15
11 Kolos 13 2 7 4 8 10 13
12 Vorskla 13 3 4 6 12 18 13
13 Chornomorets 13 3 3 7 8 14 12
14 Livyi Bereh 13 2 3 8 4 17 9
15 Obolon 13 2 3 8 6 26 9
16 Inhulets 13 0 6 7 9 23 6