Preview

August 20, Odesa, Lustdorf, 11:00

Match build-up

The Miners started the league campaign with 4 wins in 4 starting rounds (total goal difference is 10-1). The team share the top spot with Dynamo and Rukh who have not yet lost any points either.

Eduard Kozik, defender:

“We know that Chornomorets probably played the last match not the way they wanted. Therefore, we are preparing seriously. Plus we will really need the three points. Despite a good start, we haven’t yet become the sole leaders, with Dynamo and Rukh also having 12 points each. We are trying to play very reliably at our goal, and the fact that Shakhtar conceded only one goal in four matches gives us, the defenders, a lot of confidence.”

Opponents

Chornomorets Odesa returned to the youth league after 2 years of absence. After the fourth round, the Odesa side claimed the sixth spot having 6 points. The team led by Anatolii Didenko started theleague campaign with victories over Desna and Dnipro-1, but then suffered defeats at the hands of Metalist 1925 (1-4) and Mariupol (0-5) (total goal difference is 4-9). Interestingly, the match against Shakhtar will be the first home game ofr the Odesa outfit this season, with 2 of the team's 4 goals being netted by Volodymyr Tylinskyi.

Head-to-head record

Throughout the youth league history, Shakhtar and Chornomorets have had 12 meetings: 10 wins by the Miners, 1 draw and 1 victory by the Odesa side (goal difference is 32-9). And in the last meeting, Shakhtar won 2-0 thanks to Kryskiv's double.

Previous match

May 31, 2019. Shchaslyve

Shakhtar Donetsk U19 2-0 (0-0) Chornomorets Odesa U19

Goals: 1-0 Kryskiv (80’), 2-0 Kryskiv (85’)