Kobra vs Shakhtar: match preview

September 11, Novopskov, Budivelnyk stadium, 14:00

Match build-up

Shakhtar are approaching the meeting with Kobra sitting in the top spot in the table. Roman Zaiev's charges successfully started the league campaign, winning three opening matches and gaining nine points (goal difference is 29-0). Moreover, with each subsequent match, the girls score increasingly more goals. In the game against Chornomorets (13-0), striker Polina Yanchuk scored five goals which allowed her to be among the leaders in the top scorers rankings (six goals). The full team are preparing for the game.

Diana Kravchuk, midfielder:

"We treat each match responsibly, there should be no place for underestimation. I don't know much about Kobra, but I can say with confidence that the game will not be easy and that the opponents will cling to the result. It is also important to extend our clean-sheet run, for this we need to be focused and not get complacent, because every incomplete pass may subsequently lead to a goal, which we do not need at all."

Opponents

Kobra, unlike Shakhtar and most of the First League clubs, already have experience in women's football. Last year, the team finished in the 9th spot. This season, Yevhen Svitlychnyi's charges have been playing more confidently - they started with an away defeat at the hands of Yunist Chernihiv (2-5), and then they corrected the situation with their victories over Nika (11-0) and Bahira (3-0) with six points in the second spot (goal difference is 16-5). Striker Iryna Kovalyova boasts eight goals - she tops the scorers list.