Colossus – Zorya. Forecast and announcement for the match of the championship of Ukraine

In the seventh round of the Ukrainian Premier League of the 2024-2025 season, on Monday, September 23, Kolos and Zorya will meet in Kovalivka. The hosts of the field, who managed not to lose in the last match, will play against “Zorya”, which, although it is without a head coach, is still the favorite in this confrontation.

Ear The new season for Oleksandr Pozdeev’s team was unsuccessful, to put it mildly. In the first two matches, “Koloski” could not beat “Obolon” (2:2) and “Ingulets” (1:1), sharing points with their opponents. However, then “Kolos” suffered three defeats in a row: against “Chornomorets”, “Veres”, “Alexandria” and again in the Cup of Ukraine against “Obolon” (although in a penalty shootout). And after that, it seemed that Kolos would fire the head coach for unsatisfactory results, but the team management decided to give Pozdeyev another loan of trust, and immediately after the international break, Kolos was able to take points from LNZ (the game ended 1:1). , and cheered himself up a bit. Now the “Koloska” will play against “Zora”, which will seek to rehabilitate after the recent loss against “Dynamo”.

Star And for the “men”, the start of the new season turned out to be quite good, because “Zorya” won against “Ingulets” and “Chornomorets” and managed to advance to the next round of the Cup of Ukraine. However, after the defeats against “Olexandria” and “Rukh”, the team’s head coach Yuriy Koval decided to stop coaching, and instead of him, the team is temporarily headed by Mladen Bartulovich. At the same time, Eduardo Guerrero, the main asset of the Luhansk club, transferred to Dynamo. Instead, Vladyslav Supryaga joined the team on loan. And in the last two rounds, the “men” were able to beat the capital’s “Obolon” 2:0, but “Zorya” lost to “Dynamo” with the same score. Now it’s the turn of “Colossus”, which must be defeated if Bartulovich’s wards want to get closer to the top five and fight for European cups.

Statistics of meetings The teams played 11 times. Zorya won 7 matches, Kolos won 2 times, and a draw was recorded in 2 matches. The difference in goals scored is 14:6 in favor of “Zorya”. Last season, the teams exchanged victories. In the first round, the “men” won 1:0 thanks to a goal by Eduardo Guerrero, who already plays for “Dynamo”. And in the second round, “Colossus” won with the same score, where Diego Carioca scored a goal.

Forecast for the confrontation This game promises to be interesting because both “Colossus” needs a victory to feel confident, and “Zorya”, which has not yet said its last word in the UPL and wants to get as high as possible in the table. Therefore, this match can be predicted as one where there will be a lot of fighting on every patch of the field, and it is also unlikely that the teams will sit back in defense, so there will be enough scoring opportunities. Let’s assume that this match will end with a minimal victory for one of the teams. Let’s say “Zori”.

Estimated compositions: “Ear”: Pakholiuk, Tsurikov, Burda, Bondarenko, Kozik, Krasnichi, Salabai, Orikhovskyi, Alefirenko, Tretyakov, Paulauskas

“Star”: Turbaevsky, Vantukh, Jordan, Bashych, Trontel, Kyryukhantsev, Yatsik, Dryshlyuk, Antyukh, Vakula, Budkivsky