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U19. Vorskla vs Shakhtar: match preview

Friday, June 2, 2023

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Shakhtar U19 are to face Vorskla U19 in Poltava in the closing game of the season

June 3, Poltava, Molodizhnyi, 13:00

Match build-up

Shakhtar U19 secured bronze medals of the championship, breaking away from Oleksandriia U19. Oskar Ratulutra’s side increased their unbeaten run to 7 matches owing to victory against Dnipro-1 (3-2) in the previous round and have 64 points (goal difference: 69-19). Mykola Oharkov and Yevhen Yanovych will join the team after disqualification, however Kristian Bako and Anton Hlushchenko will miss the game due to exceeding the yellow-card limit.

Opponents

Vasyl Baranov’s outfit interrupted their winless streak in the previous 2 matches. The Poltava-based team secured positive result in the meetings with both Dnipro-1 U19 and Kolos U19 thanks to goals in the added time. Vorskla have 13 wins, 6 draws, and 10 losses (5th spot and 45 points) after 29 rounds. The best finisher is Danylo Tuzenko (9 goals). We want to point out that Krupskyi, Nasterenko, and Chernysh regularly play for the first team.

Match background


In 11 youth level games, the Miners marked 7 victories, one match ended in a draw, with the Poltava outfit wining 3 times.

Previous meeting

April 11, 2023. Shchaslyve

Shakhtar Donetsk U19 2-0 (0-0) Vorskla Poltava U19

Goals: 1-0 Hlushchenko (73′, pen.), 2-0 Tsukanov (90′)

Sent off: Shvets (72′, second booking)

Shakhtar U19: Tvardovskyi (c), Drozd, Bashmarin, Oharkov, Chuiko (Bats, 90′), Yanovych, Losenko (Demchenko, 82′), Tsukanov, Pushkarov (Veklenko, 76′), Hlushchenko, Savin (Tryfanenko, 46′)