U21. Shakhtar – Vorskla: match preview
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
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Shakhtar U21 will receive their Vorskla counterparts in the U21 League round 28
April 20, Schaslyve, Kniazha Arena, 14:00
Before the match
The Miners are approaching the league season end in an excellent functional and emotional state, which they have shown in the past round. The team of Valeriy Kryventsov have defeated Dynamo U21 for the third time this season (including three clean sheets), thickening the title race plot to the maximum. The leaders have 54 points each, with the only difference being the goals scored: +41 for the Donetsk team, +45 for the Kyiv side. The only personnel loss of the Orange-and-Blacks is Illia Putria's injury, with everyone else getting ready for the match.
Opponents
Following the season’s first part performance, Vorskla managed to get among the top six league clubs, not having claimed a single win in five rounds of the second stage (2 draws and 3 losses), losing every chance of competing for the third spot. For the moment, the opponents have 39 points at the goal difference of 34-32. A week earlier, the team suffered an away defeat at Karpaty (0-2), with the suspended Oleh Ostapenko and Vladyslav Sidorenko being unable to benefit the team in the encounter with Shakhtar. Interestingly, the top scorer of Vorskla is Yurii Hluschuk, who moved to Poltava from Shakhtar in the winter, having scored all of his 9 goals just for Shakhtar.
Head-to-head record
In the U21 league, the opponents have met 28 times. In 14 matches Shakhtar proved stronger, Vorskla claimed 9 wins, plus they had 5 draws. The goal difference is 58-42 in favour of the Donetsk club. In the current season, the teams have met three times, exchanging away wins in the first part (the Miners proved stronger away – 3-1, but lost at home – 1-2), also having a goalless stalemate on the pitch in Poltava at the start of the second stage.
Last game
8 March 2018, Kopyly, UTB Poltava
Vorskla Poltava U21 0-0 Shakhtar Donetsk U21
Vorskla U21: Kanevtsev, Zhenilenko (c), Chervak, Alantyev, Maksymenko, Chertkoev (Sidorenko, 77), Danylenko, Kosovskyi, Kulish (Taranushych, 84), Gasenko (Ostapenko, 46; Sharylo, 87), Shapoval (Gorbachenko, 75)
Shakhtar U21: Grytsenko (c), Hrachev, Sahutkin, Chobotenko, Korniienko, Bondar, Kaschuk, Hlahola (Yakymets, 90+1), Yalovenko, Arabidze (Dudik, 83), Topalov
Before the match
The Miners are approaching the league season end in an excellent functional and emotional state, which they have shown in the past round. The team of Valeriy Kryventsov have defeated Dynamo U21 for the third time this season (including three clean sheets), thickening the title race plot to the maximum. The leaders have 54 points each, with the only difference being the goals scored: +41 for the Donetsk team, +45 for the Kyiv side. The only personnel loss of the Orange-and-Blacks is Illia Putria's injury, with everyone else getting ready for the match.
Opponents
Following the season’s first part performance, Vorskla managed to get among the top six league clubs, not having claimed a single win in five rounds of the second stage (2 draws and 3 losses), losing every chance of competing for the third spot. For the moment, the opponents have 39 points at the goal difference of 34-32. A week earlier, the team suffered an away defeat at Karpaty (0-2), with the suspended Oleh Ostapenko and Vladyslav Sidorenko being unable to benefit the team in the encounter with Shakhtar. Interestingly, the top scorer of Vorskla is Yurii Hluschuk, who moved to Poltava from Shakhtar in the winter, having scored all of his 9 goals just for Shakhtar.
Head-to-head record
In the U21 league, the opponents have met 28 times. In 14 matches Shakhtar proved stronger, Vorskla claimed 9 wins, plus they had 5 draws. The goal difference is 58-42 in favour of the Donetsk club. In the current season, the teams have met three times, exchanging away wins in the first part (the Miners proved stronger away – 3-1, but lost at home – 1-2), also having a goalless stalemate on the pitch in Poltava at the start of the second stage.
Last game
8 March 2018, Kopyly, UTB Poltava
Vorskla Poltava U21 0-0 Shakhtar Donetsk U21
Vorskla U21: Kanevtsev, Zhenilenko (c), Chervak, Alantyev, Maksymenko, Chertkoev (Sidorenko, 77), Danylenko, Kosovskyi, Kulish (Taranushych, 84), Gasenko (Ostapenko, 46; Sharylo, 87), Shapoval (Gorbachenko, 75)
Shakhtar U21: Grytsenko (c), Hrachev, Sahutkin, Chobotenko, Korniienko, Bondar, Kaschuk, Hlahola (Yakymets, 90+1), Yalovenko, Arabidze (Dudik, 83), Topalov