Preview

The Miners were supposed to play in Oleksandriia in September, but the round 8 game was postponed due to the international break. Serhii Shyschenko’s team are approaching the encounter as the league leaders with 11 victories in 13 meetings (33 points, goal difference 42-13). On Saturday, Shakhtar U19 defeated their Olimpik counterparts (4-2) away. Oleksii Kaschuk has scored a hat-trick, currently topping the best scorers list with 10 goals, with another goal netted by Dmytro Kryskiv.
 
Opponents
 
Oleksandriia scored 20 points (6 wins, 2 draws, 5 losses), sitting in the 6th spot in the table. Volodymyr Maksymov’s lads netted 16 goals and gave 18 away. The most prolific player is Nazar Khriienko (6 goals).
 
Head-to-head record
 
This is the first encounter between the sides in the current league season, but they met twice last season. In Schaslyve, a stunner by Yefym Konoplya (1-0) brought Shakhtar a win, while the Orange-and-Blacks netted five times more away goals (5-2).