Veres is a miner. Forecast and announcement for the match of the championship of Ukraine

The 8th round of the Ukrainian Premier League will open on Friday, September 27, with a match in Rivne, in which “Veres” and “Shakhtar” will meet. The reigning champion of the country is currently in 4th place in the tournament table, having collected 12 points in six matches. As for Oleh Shandruk’s wards, they played one more game, but scored only 5 points. As a result, the team was at the bottom of the tournament table in 14th place.

Heather One can only dream about such a calendar, which “Veres” has at the start of the current season. This will be the sixth match in the eighth round for the team from Rivne on their field. First, you don’t need to travel far and prepare for fights in a calm environment. And, secondly, in half of these matches, the hosts had to play with teams of approximately the same level, and with all three debutants of the tournament – “Karpaty”, “Left Bank” and “Ingulets”. So the fans of “Veres” at this moment, probably already imagined to see their club, at least, in the middle of the table with a good set of points.

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But football is interesting because sometimes the schedules remain only on paper, and in reality it turns out to be completely different. “Veres” took only two (!) points in five previous home games. It would have been even less if in the 7th round the equals had not managed to win back from a penalty in the sixth compensated minute in the meeting with “Ingulets” – a draw of 2:2. So it turns out that home walls do not always help to achieve the planned result.

It will be difficult for “Veres” to count on a first victory at the home stadium “Avangard” in the upcoming match as well. The players seem to be gaining momentum and have already entered a tight schedule of games in the championship of Ukraine and the Champions League. Nevertheless, the combat team from Rivne repeatedly proved that it can bring surprises. If you manage to put your game plan into action, show character and intransigence.

Miner In the last two matches of the championship, Marino Pushich’s wards won by a large margin, scoring nine goals. First, they beat Lviv “Karpaty” 5:2, and last Monday they defeated Kyiv “Obolon” 4:0. The miners had a particularly strong meeting with the brewers. In total, they made 17 shots at the opponent’s goal, 8 of them were on target, and 4 scored goals. And they allowed the capital team to score only three times on their own goal, and not once in the hole.

If Shakhtar plays roughly the same game in Rivne, it may well take three points without any particular problems. In addition, with a good mood to go to Gelsenkirchen for the first “home” match of the Champions League with the Italian “Atalanta”. And it is also important that the players do not get injured, because the team already suffered at the beginning of the season due to the fact that many players were on sick leave at different times. Even now, the participation in the upcoming matches of Danylo Sikan, Juchym Konoply, Kevin and Maryan Shved is in doubt.

However, the reserve bench is now saving the miners and those who were often in the reserve before are beginning to prove their ability. In this connection, let’s note Neverton, who was substituted only four times and spent a little more than one half in total. In the game with “Obolon” he distinguished himself in the 90th minute, making a wonderful solo pass. And in the game against Kyiv, the Tunisian central defender Alaa Gram made his debut. He also changed his partner at the end of the game. And although he was not in his usual position, he left a good impression. 20-year-old midfielder Anton Glushchenko also played his first minutes in the new championship. It is quite possible that Shakhtar’s coaching staff will give more game practice to these and other players who are ready to help their team at any moment.

Match statistics Last season, both matches of “Veres” and “Shakhtar” took place before the New Year. The first time it was in the second round in August, and then a 1:1 draw was recorded. Moreover, everyone remembered the stormy events that developed already in the time compensated by the referee before the first half. In the first extra minute, Mykola Matvienko sent the ball into the net from a free kick, although referee Oleksandr Sandor had previously indicated that the kick should have been on the whistle. Artem Bondarenko was removed from the field within a minute. In the second half, the home team realized the numerical majority – Evgeny Shevchenko scored a goal. Draw 1:1. And in the 17th round in December, the miners won 2:0 at Arena Lviv. First, Julio Cesar scored an own goal, after which Oleksandr Zubkov doubled his team’s lead. In total, the opponents played 11 matches in the Premier League, in which “Shakhtar” won 8 times, “Veres” once and a draw was recorded twice.

Estimated compositions: “Heather”: Kozhuhar, Smiyan, Vovchenko, Honcharenko, Protasevich, Kucherov, Kutsia, Luan, Dakhnovsky, Mrvalevich, Stepaniuk

“Miner”: Reznik, Tobias, Matvienko, Bondar, Azarov, Kryskiv, Bondarenko, Pedrinho, Sudakov, Zubkov, Traore

Forecast for the confrontation: Shakhtar have clearly improved compared to the start of the season and will most likely have the upper hand in the upcoming match. “Veres” will try to build its game, which will allow to take points from the champion. Let’s assume that in some parts of the match the home team will be able to play on equal footing, but as a result the guests will still be successful.

September 27, Friday