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U19. Shakhtar vs Obolon: watch the match online

Sunday, September 22, 2024

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Shakhtar U19 will host their Obolon U19 counterparts in the 7th round of the Youth League

September 23, Shchaslyve, Arsenal-Arena, 12:00
Live stream will be available on Shakhtar’s official YouTube channel

Match build-up

Shakhtar U19 had a successful start to the season, winning all 6 matches (18 points, goal difference: 19–3). Currently, the winning streak of the Pitmen includes 8 games. The Orange-and-Blacks defeated Karpaty U19 (2-1), Kryvbas U19 (3-0) and Oleksandriia U19 (3-1) in the previous rounds. The top goalscorer is Oleksandr Lomaha (6 goals in 7 matches)

This week, Oleksii Bielik’s team successfully started in the UEFA Youth League, defeating Italian Bologna U19 (4-3) away. After returning to Ukraine, the team had only 2 days to prepare for the meeting with Obolon Kyiv U19.

Opponents

In the previous season, the Brewers gained 20 points and finished 15th in the standings (4 wins, 8 draws and 18 losses). Taras Liakh became the top goalscorer (8 goals in 26 matches).

Obolon U19 started preparing for the new season at the training base in Bucha on June 17, having a busy programme of the friendly matches (1 win, 3 draws and 4 losses). Yevhenii Lozinskyi’s players had a rather ambiguous start to the 2024/2025 season. The team are in the 12th spot in the championship with 7 points after 6 played rounds. The Brewers lost to Polissia U19 (0-1) and Zorya U19 (2-4) and defeated Oleksandriia U19 (2-1) in the previous matches.

Match background

In 2 previous meetings of the Youth League, the Miners won the first match, and the Brewers were stronger in the second one.

Previous match

On March 29, the opponents met at TC Obolon in Bucha. The Miners controlled the ball from the start, playing as leaders, while the White-and-Greens covered the space and threatened mostly after set pieces. In the 31st minute, Yushchenko took a free kick, and Losenko scored, but the goal was disallowed due to offside. At the end of the first half, Kozlov regained the ball and assisted Liakh who gave Obolon U19 a lead with a powerful shot. In the second half, Smetana made the corner cross to Losenko, Udod headed the ball but hit the crossbar. In the 58th minute Kozlov doubled his team’s advantage with a direct shot from the penalty area. Later, Udod passed to Drozd, the latter assisted Losenko who reduced the host team’s advantage to a minimum. 2-1 – the referee recorded the victory of Obolon U19.