"Chornomorets" - "Kryvbas". Preview

"Kryvbas" will play the penultimate official match in 2024 in Odesa against "Chornomorets", in the 16th round of the Ukrainian Premier League. In the first round, the red-whites beat the "sailors" at home - 1:0 thanks to Tverdohlib's goal at the beginning of the meeting.

In the last round, "Kryvbas" won an important victory over "Polyssia" in their native walls - 3:1. As for "Chornomorets", he, playing since the middle of the first half, suffered an away defeat against "Alexandria" - 0:3. Our team, after the second win in a row, has secured itself on the fourth step of the table and is looking up.

The opponent is currently 13th in the zone of "transitional" matches. In the 2021/22 season, Oleksandr Babych, manager of Chornomorets, led Kryvbas, with whom he never lost: 6 wins and 3 draws. Oleksiy Khoblenko, the forward of Odesa, also played for the red and whites from 2021 to 2024 with breaks in loans.

In tomorrow's match, two experienced players of "Chornomorets" will definitely not take part: defender Bohdan Butko and midfielder Ivan Petryak earned withdrawal in the previous round. Our team will train at the club base today and leave for South Palmyra in the afternoon.

Championship of Ukraine 2024\2025. VBET League. 16nd round

"Chornomorets" Odesa - "Kryvbas" Kryvyi Rih.

December 7, 2024, Saturday. Odesa. Chornomorets Stadium. 15:30.

Referee appointments: 

Referee: Viktor Kopievskyi (Kropivnytskyi).

Assistants of the arbitrator: Oleksandr Korniyko (Myrhorod), Oleksiy Mironov (Poltava).

The fourth referee: Anastasia Romaniuk (Ivano-Frankivsk).

Arbitrator Observer: Orest Shmygelskyi (Lviv).

UAF delegate: Eduard Karapetyan (Ternopil).

Referee of the UAA: Dmytro Panchyshyn (Kharkiv).

VAA assistant: Viktor Matyash (Donetsk).

VAA observer: Yuriy Mozharovskyi (Lviv).

Broadcasting: UPL TV.

The opponent's last match in the championship:

"Alexandria" - "Chernomorets".» 3:0 (1:0). VBET League 2024\2025. 13 round 04.11.2024/XNUMX/XNUMX.

Goal: Daniil Vashchenko, 16 (1:0). Denys Kostyshyn, 80 (2:0). Artem Kozak, 90+1 (3:0). 

"Chernomorets": 1. Rudko, 2. Butko (k), 34. Latsabidze, 39. Skiba, 77. Kysil, 16. Biloshevskyi (6. Kayo Gomez, 68), 14. Sigeev (3. V. Ermakov, 82), 8. Shporn (28. Gabelok, 82), 7. Petryak, 11. Popov (17. Yanakov, 68), 9. Khoblenko (33. Pshenychniuk, 86).

Substitutions: 12. Aniagboso, 71. Eternal, 86. Udod, 44. Zharzhu Mozes, 22. Arsich, 27. Vasiliev.

Head Coach: Oleksandr Babych

Interesting Facts:

- "Kryvbas" has so far scored 13 points away from home in the current UPL season: +4=1-2 (7-6);

- the opponent in the native walls won three victories in eight meetings of the UPL: +3=1-4 (5-8);

- the unbeaten streak of the red-white team lasts 6 rounds: 4 wins and 2 draws;

- Odesa club players have not scored more than one goal per game since the beginning of the championship.

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