Preview

May 13, Lviv, Arena Lviv, 17:00
Live broadcast will be available on the Setanta Sports OTT platform

Match build-up

The title race enters the final straight. 5 rounds before the season end, Shakhtar are the sole leaders with 60 points (goal difference: 58-18), being 2 points ahead of Dnipro-1 and 5 points ahead of Zorya. An interesting fact that main contenders for the title (Pitment and the Dnipro side) lost points in matches against Oleksandriia during the last week, having played with the same 1-1 score.

Igor Jovicevic’s men were preparing for the meeting with Inhulets in Kyiv: Traore, who was injured in the previous match, was training separately all week, Petriak and Riznyk, as before, were out of the game. The Pitmen have no disqualified players.

Opponents

Inhulets earned 27 points in 27 UPL rounds (goal difference: 20-29) and are currently in the 10th spot in the table: the Petrove-based outfit pulled ahead the relegation zone by 5 points, being separated from the transitional games by 3 points. Serhii Kovalets’s men had a great start to the second part of the season, having won against Dynamo (2-0), Metalist (2-1) and Minaj (2-1) throughout the month, but they slowed down in April and May. Ihnulets earned only 5 points in previous 7 rounds, scoring only once in these games.

Match background

Shakhtar and Inhulets had 5 head-to-head encounters in the Premier League: 4 matches were won by the Orange-and-Blacks with a total goal difference of 7-1 and another meeting did not take place due to the pitch unavailability, so the Pitmen were awarded a default win (3-0).

Previous meeting

On November 5, 2022, Shakhtar and Inhulets played at the Arena Lviv in the first league round. In the 18th minute, Dmytro Kryskiv opened the score through Djurasek’s pass and Danylo Sikan secured a double after the break, converting a penalty kick in the 69th minute and firing Kryskiv’s pass home in the stoppage time. 3-0 – victory of the Miners.

Inhulets vs Shakhtar match will be officiated by the judging panel headed by Ihor Paskhal. Assistants: Viktor Nyzhnyk and Oleksandr Berkut.