U21. Shakhtar – Karpaty: match preview
Friday, March 8, 2019
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Shakhtar U21 will take on their Karpaty Lviv counterparts in the U21 League round 21
March 9, Shchaslyve, Knyazha Arena, 12:00
Live broadcast on shakhtar.com
Before the match
The Miners’ spring calendar cannot be called easy, because in each round, they are to face the teams desperately fighting for points atop the table. As a result, they had two draws in a row vs Oleksandriia (0-0) and Chornomorets (1-1), who somewhat alienated the Orange-and-Blacks from their competitors in the title race. Now, Valeriy Kryventsov’s lads remain in the third position in the table with 36 points (the goal difference of 34-21). In the previous game in Odesa, Shakhtar U21 team did without four internationals who are back at the club now, being ready to take to the field tomorrow. The most prolific player is Andrii Kulakov (9 goals).
Opponents
Thanks to a successful start, Karpaty U21 have long been claiming to get into the top three, but then they lost ground, currently fighting for the right to remain at the top of the table. At the moment, the Lviv team are the fifth with 28 points (the goal difference is 37–33), with as many as four competitors simultaneously chasing them and being ready to claim a spot in the elite group after the league’s first stage. After the winter break, Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi’s men also drew in both of their meetings: 0-0 with Vorskla away and 1-1 with Lviv at home. The top scorer is Rostyslav Lyakh (8 goals).
Head-to-head record
In the U21 Championship, the opponents met 29 times: Shakhtar won 14 games, drawing 5 times, and losing to Karpaty on 10 occasions (the goal difference is 57–40 in favour of the Orange-and-Blacks). In the first round this season, the Miners confidently defeated Lviv away – 3-1.
Recent game
September 27, 2018. Rava-Ruska
Karpaty Lviv U21 1-3 Shakhtar Donetsk U21
Goals: 0-1 Kulakov (21’), 1-1 Lyakh (51’), 1-2 Mudryk (73’, pen.), 1-3 Hlahola (76’)
Shakhtar U21: Kudryk (c), Konoplia, Chahovets, Bondar, Korniienko, Melichenko, Chekh (Yakymets, 81’), Kaschuk (Kryskiv, 88’), Hlahola (Topalov, 81’), Mudryk (Kuzmenko, 90+3’), Kulakov (Vasylevych, 85’)
Live broadcast on shakhtar.com
Before the match
The Miners’ spring calendar cannot be called easy, because in each round, they are to face the teams desperately fighting for points atop the table. As a result, they had two draws in a row vs Oleksandriia (0-0) and Chornomorets (1-1), who somewhat alienated the Orange-and-Blacks from their competitors in the title race. Now, Valeriy Kryventsov’s lads remain in the third position in the table with 36 points (the goal difference of 34-21). In the previous game in Odesa, Shakhtar U21 team did without four internationals who are back at the club now, being ready to take to the field tomorrow. The most prolific player is Andrii Kulakov (9 goals).
Opponents
Thanks to a successful start, Karpaty U21 have long been claiming to get into the top three, but then they lost ground, currently fighting for the right to remain at the top of the table. At the moment, the Lviv team are the fifth with 28 points (the goal difference is 37–33), with as many as four competitors simultaneously chasing them and being ready to claim a spot in the elite group after the league’s first stage. After the winter break, Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi’s men also drew in both of their meetings: 0-0 with Vorskla away and 1-1 with Lviv at home. The top scorer is Rostyslav Lyakh (8 goals).
Head-to-head record
In the U21 Championship, the opponents met 29 times: Shakhtar won 14 games, drawing 5 times, and losing to Karpaty on 10 occasions (the goal difference is 57–40 in favour of the Orange-and-Blacks). In the first round this season, the Miners confidently defeated Lviv away – 3-1.
Recent game
September 27, 2018. Rava-Ruska
Karpaty Lviv U21 1-3 Shakhtar Donetsk U21
Goals: 0-1 Kulakov (21’), 1-1 Lyakh (51’), 1-2 Mudryk (73’, pen.), 1-3 Hlahola (76’)
Shakhtar U21: Kudryk (c), Konoplia, Chahovets, Bondar, Korniienko, Melichenko, Chekh (Yakymets, 81’), Kaschuk (Kryskiv, 88’), Hlahola (Topalov, 81’), Mudryk (Kuzmenko, 90+3’), Kulakov (Vasylevych, 85’)