Preview

October 6, Lviv, Arena Lviv, 15:30
Live stream will be available on UPL.TV

Match build-up

Shakhtar gained 13 points in 7 league matches and are currently 4th in the table. The Pitmen remain the highest-scoring team of the UPL, having 19 goals scored and 8 goals conceded. In the previous round, Marino Pusic’s team played a draw with Veres (1-1) away – the Miners were the first to score thanks to Heorhii Sudakov’s goal in the 65th minute, but they did not preserve the advantage, conceding 10 minutes before the end of the match. This week, Shakhtar played the Champions League game against Atalanta in Gelsenkirchen, and after returning, they had 2 days to prepare for the league match.

Opponents

LNZ are having their second season in the UPL. Spanish specialist Andres Сarrasco, who coached Shakhtar U19 in the 2018/19 season and after that worked with the Kuwait national team and at Dinamo Tbilisi, took charge of the team in the summer. LNZ had a good start in the league under his guidance (3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses in 8 rounds) and are currently 6th in the standings with 12 points (goal difference: 9–8). It is interesting that the Cherkasy team finished the last three games against Kolos, Polissia and Chornomorets with the same score of 1-1.

Match background

Shakhtar and LNZ first met in the Ukrainian League in the 2023/24 season and played 2 matches. Both games ended with the victories of the Pitmen with the same score of 3-0.

Previous match

On April 27, the opponents played at the Cherkasy-Arena. Marino Pusic’s team had a significant advantage, which they turned into 3 scored goals. At the end of the first half, Danylo Sikan gave the visiting team a lead, Heorhii Sudakov doubled the score in the 63rd minute, and in the 90th minute, Eguinaldo set the final score – 3-0.

Shakhtar vs LNZ match will be officiated by the judging panel headed by Denys Shurman. Assistants – Ruslan Yermolenko and Denys Marchenko. VAR system will be used during the game (Roman Blavatskyi will be the referee).