Preview

On Matchday 4 of the Ukrainian league, the Pitmen will face Vorskla in Poltava. We bring you the preview of the game.

9 August, Poltava, Vorskla, 19:30
Live broadcast on Futbol 1 channel

The teams will face each other after European mid-week. Having confidently beaten Fenerbahce, Shakhtar reached the Champions League third round play-off and are getting ready for the Premier League fixture in good spirits. The same cannot be said about Vorskla, who conceded a goal in the final seconds of the extra time to be eliminated from Zilina. No doubts that the Poltava side will play with huge desire and will look to make up for an unlucky result.

Referees

Referee – Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)
Assistant referees – Viktor Kravchenko (Lviv), Semyon Shlonchak (Cherkasy)
Fourth official – Serhiy Boyko (Kyiv region)
Referee observer – Serhiy Zadiran (Dnipropetrovsk)

Personnel

Vorskla’s midfielder Artyom Gromov missed the previous league game against Dnipro due to injury. He also sat out a game in the Europa League. Probably, one of the leaders of the Vorskla team will be able to take part in the Shakhtar game. It should also be noted that Stanislav Bogush is likely to return to action. He was suspended for the second leg versus Zilina, so it was Dmytro Nepogodov who was stationed in goal.

Teams’ scoring average:

Vorskla – 1 goal per game;
Shakhtar – 2,67 goals per game.