Stal vs Shakhtar: preview
Saturday, April 9, 2016
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In the 21st round of the Ukrainian League, Shakhtar will play Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk away. We bring you the match preview
April 10, Dnipropetrovsk, Meteor, 17:00
Live broadcast on Futbol 1 TV channel
Before the match
After a difficult match in Braga, the Pitmen will quickly switch to the domestic league. Shakhtar continue to compete for the top spot with Dynamo, who are 3 points ahead. Therefore, the standing makes Shakhtar win.
Ahead of the game against Stal, Shakhtar held an open training session. Mircea Lucescu told journalists about the staffing situation in the team. Taison will miss the upcoming game - he will recover and prepare for the second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals. Besides, the meeting with Stal will help the Pitmen’s mentor decide on the pairing of central defenders to play against Braga.
Live broadcast on Futbol 1 TV channel
Before the match
After a difficult match in Braga, the Pitmen will quickly switch to the domestic league. Shakhtar continue to compete for the top spot with Dynamo, who are 3 points ahead. Therefore, the standing makes Shakhtar win.
Ahead of the game against Stal, Shakhtar held an open training session. Mircea Lucescu told journalists about the staffing situation in the team. Taison will miss the upcoming game - he will recover and prepare for the second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals. Besides, the meeting with Stal will help the Pitmen’s mentor decide on the pairing of central defenders to play against Braga.
Mircea Lucescu told journalists about the staffing situation in the team.
Referee - Yaroslav Kozyk (Mukachevo)
Assistant referees - Ihor Alyokhin (Khmelnytskyi), Mykola Levko (Chernivtsi)
Fourth official – Kostyantyn Trukhanov (Kharkiv)
Referee observer - Yaroslav Hrysio (Lviv)
Opponents
After twenty rounds, Dniprodzerzhynsk sit in the 8th spot in the standings. They are just one point adrift of Karpaty. At the same time, Stal are 6 points behind the 6th-spot Oleksandriya.
Compared with the first part of the season Stal changed the coach. Instead of Vladimir Maziar, the team is headed by Eric van der Meer. Under his leadership, Stal claimed the league win against Hoverla, drew with Oleksandriya and Vorskla, and suffered a defeat in the game against Volyn.
Due to earning too many yellow cards, Artem Baranovskyi will miss the game against Shakhtar.
Match background
The sides have played just one Ukrainian League game. Shakhtar boast one win. The goal difference is 2-0.
Previous league meeting
In the 8th round, the teams met in Kyiv at the Bannikov stadium. Shakhtar were the nominal hosts. In the 10th minut, a Fred shot bounced off Eduardo and the Pitmen opened the scoring. The Orange-Blacks bossed it and had some good chances, but they managed to score the second goal just before the break, with Teixeira putting his name on the scoresheet. As a result, the 2-0 score lasted until the final whistle.
Assistant referees - Ihor Alyokhin (Khmelnytskyi), Mykola Levko (Chernivtsi)
Fourth official – Kostyantyn Trukhanov (Kharkiv)
Referee observer - Yaroslav Hrysio (Lviv)
Opponents
After twenty rounds, Dniprodzerzhynsk sit in the 8th spot in the standings. They are just one point adrift of Karpaty. At the same time, Stal are 6 points behind the 6th-spot Oleksandriya.
Compared with the first part of the season Stal changed the coach. Instead of Vladimir Maziar, the team is headed by Eric van der Meer. Under his leadership, Stal claimed the league win against Hoverla, drew with Oleksandriya and Vorskla, and suffered a defeat in the game against Volyn.
Due to earning too many yellow cards, Artem Baranovskyi will miss the game against Shakhtar.
Match background
The sides have played just one Ukrainian League game. Shakhtar boast one win. The goal difference is 2-0.
Previous league meeting
In the 8th round, the teams met in Kyiv at the Bannikov stadium. Shakhtar were the nominal hosts. In the 10th minut, a Fred shot bounced off Eduardo and the Pitmen opened the scoring. The Orange-Blacks bossed it and had some good chances, but they managed to score the second goal just before the break, with Teixeira putting his name on the scoresheet. As a result, the 2-0 score lasted until the final whistle.
The Orange-Blacks bossed it and had some good chances, but they managed to score the second goal just before the break, with Teixeira putting his name on the scoresheet. As a result, the 2-0 score lasted until the final whistle.
Interesting fact
Darijo Srna can make his 485 appearance for Shakhtar and repeat the achievement of Mikhail Sokolovskiy.
Darijo Srna can make his 485 appearance for Shakhtar and repeat the achievement of Mikhail Sokolovskiy.
