Obolon – Ingulets. Forecast and announcement for the match of the championship of Ukraine

On Sunday, September 29, a match of the eighth round of the Ukrainian Premier Football League will be held in Kyiv at the Obolon Arena stadium, in which Obolon from Kyiv and Ingulets from Petropavlovsk will play. The starting whistle of the referee Mikhail Ryda from Zakarpattia will sound at 13:00 Kyiv time.

Obolon
Kyiv Obolon, one of the first teams this season, could not stand it and made a willful decision to change the head coach against the backdrop of an unsuccessful start to the season. Valery Ivashchenko spent a long time building his project in the Pivovarov camp, the team under his leadership even acquired a recognizable image, but after the struggle for survival last season, the club management did not want to repeat this experience.

Instead of Ivashchenko, “Obolon” was headed by Sergei Shishchenko, who finished the last campaign by winning a place in the European Cups at the head of Zhytomyr “Polesya”, but Imad Ashur currently works with the “wolves”, and they hardly regret this coaching rotation. But whether the “brewers” leadership will regret their decision – we will find out soon enough. Shishchenko started with a draw against “Alexandria” (0:0), which can already be considered a huge sensation, after which his team had no chance against “Shakhtar” (0:4).

When the work of a coach in a problematic team with limited resources begins with opponents of a similar level, it is better not to stutter once more about the results. It is obvious that it will definitely not be easier later in the campaign, but the next two games of “Obolony” against “Ingulets” and “Chernomorets”, after which we will all go to the next international intermission, promise a fate for the “brewers”, if not decisive, then decisive for sure But there is no point in thinking about far-reaching plans for the people of Kyiv now – they still have no victories, and this issue needs to be resolved promptly.

Ingulets
In the Ukrainian Premier League, in addition to Obolona, ​​there is only one team that still cannot win in the new season – Ingulets from Petrovac. However, we will now talk about the team, which has a declared stadium, and even a fully “own” one, but Vasyl Kobin’s team cannot play there due to technical issues. At the same time, we will omit the scandalous and, in many ways, hysterical-panic situation with the possible “removal” of the team from the UPL draw, after which the team’s mood definitely did not improve.

As a result, we have the conditional “Veres” or “Dynamo”, which practically do not leave the borders of their home stadiums, and there is “Ingulets”, whose fans have already forgotten what a team looks like, which gets into the first place for every match, and what is this means that readers with life experience know quite well from their example. Asking about the results in such conditions with the “Cossacks” is somehow inappropriate, but everything has its limit, and if the team focuses exclusively on home games “someday later”, then the train can leave without them.

Be that as it may, but even traveling all over the country, “Ingulets” scored twice as many points as “Obolon” (four points against two), so its positions are already better before the upcoming meeting. Also, the “Cossacks” scored first in three of their four draws, but then did not achieve the most desired result. However, they stopped “Kryvbass” and “Polesie” in this way, whereas in the previous round, “Veres” (2:2) stopped Kobin’s team one step away from the cherished victory, when it led by two goals during the game. Difficult opponents will follow, so “Ingulets” either wakes up now, or will have to wait for the home station.

History of meetings
The football paths of “Obolony” and “Ingults” previously crossed eight times within the framework of the First League. There is an advantage in the number of victories from the side of Kyiv – 3 successful games against 2 victories of the team from Petrovo, and another 3 meetings ended in a draw. The last time the teams met was in July 2020, when goals by Alexander Batalskyi and Igor Zagalskyi (penalties) led to a 1:1 draw at Obolon-Arena.

Themis
The main arbiter of the upcoming game will be 30-year-old Mikhail Raida from Transcarpathia, who has already played 6 matches in the “elite” division. Yevgeny Gashkov and Vladislav Drykin will be the side referees, and Maksym Firsov will be the reserve referee. The match will be attended by the VAR system led by Viktor Matyash, who will be assisted by Vladimir Volodyn. Raida has the experience of holding matches with Obolona – 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, while he played with “Ingults” 2 times – 1 win and 1 loss.

Orientation compositions
“Obolon”: Fedorovsky – Stasyuk, Dubko, Karas, Medinsky – Vytenchuk, Moroz – Sukhanov, Slobodian, Chernenko – Taranukha.

“Ingulets”: Palamarchuk – Malysh, Vylyvald, Shershen, Dubiley – Volokhatyy, Pyatov – Kozak, Sad, Belotserkovets – Sitalo.