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Kryvbas vs Shakhtar: match preview

Friday, May 24, 2024

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Shakhtar women’s team will take on Kryvbas away in the final match of the season

May 25, Kryvyi Rih, Sparta, 12:00

Match build-up

The Miners approach the final clash of the season with 26 points and are in the 5th spot of the tournament table (goal difference: 38-26). The preparation for the game against Kryvbas took place at the Academy facility in Shchaslyve in the mode of a weekly cycle of one-time training sessions. In previous matches, the Orange-and-Blacks defeated Ladomyr (2-0), tied with Kolos (0-0) and narrowly lost to Metalist 1925 (0-1). The best scorer is Mariia Vykaliuk (11 goals in 18 meetings).

Opponents

Kryvbas are in the 4th spot with 38 points after 20 matches and have a theoretical chance to enter the top three teams of the league. To do this, Kostiantyn Frolov's side need to beat Shakhtar and hope for the loss of points of their competitors. Kryvbas approach the final match with a 4-match winless streak, having lost in the previous rounds to Metalist 1925 (1-3), Kolos (0-2), Vorskla (0-6) and Ladomyr ( 1-3). The top scorer is Violeta Tian (11 goals in 19 matches).

Match background

The opponents played 4 times in the Vyshcha League. Kryvbas won all the games.

Previous meeting

On April 24, the Miners hosted Kryvbas at the Kniazha Arena. The Orange-and-Blacks entered the game more actively and took the territorial advantage. The key episode happened in the 61st minute when Henyk brought Tian down in own penalty area and the referee pointed to the spot. Ustinova parried Semkiv's attempt, but Violeta Tian hit the goal. Kryvbas started using a low block and played defensively, while Shakhtar attacked and tried to equalize, but failed to break through the opponents' dense defence and narrowly lost to Kryvbas 0-1.