"Kryvbas" - "Kolos". Preview

Kryvbas - Kolos - the finish of the first half of the season. For both teams, we can already state that it turned out to be quite good. Both teams are in the top 5 with an encroachment on the European Cup places. In the first round match, Kolos managed to beat the renewed Kryvbas - 2:1.

In the last round, Kolos managed to stop Shakhtar at home - 0:0, and the red-whites beat Oleksandria at home without a chance - 3:0. We are undoubtedly waiting for a fierce and interesting match, especially since our team has something to prove, because in the previous few matches they did not beat the opponent.

The manager of Kolos, Ruslan Kostyshyn, is a former Kryvbas player, which adds interest to the confrontation. Defender Andriy Ponedelnik was also a player of the red-whites last season.

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Ukrainian Championship 2025\2026. VBET League. Round 16.

"Kryvbas" Kryvyi Rih - "Kolos" Kovalivka, Kyiv region.

December 13, 2025, Saturday. Kryvyi Rih. "Hirnyk" Stadium. 13:00.

Referee appointments:

Referee: Oleksandr Kalyonov (Khmelnytskyi).

Assistant referees: Volodymyr Vysotskyi (Zaporizhia), Stanislav Marulin (Kherson region).

Fourth referee: Andriy Zaitsev (Donetsk region).

Referee observer: Oleksandr Shandor (Lviv).

UAF delegate: Yaroslav Derevyanko (Dnipro).

VAR referee: Anastasia Romanyuk (Ivano-Frankivsk).

VAR Assistant: Oleksandr Omelchenko (Slovyansk).

VAR Observer: Ihor Yarmenchuk (Kyiv).

Broadcast: UPL TV.

The last match of the opponent in the championship:

"Kolos" - "Shakhtar" 0:0. VBET League 2025\2026. 15 round. 06.12.2025.

"Kolos": Pakholyuk, Tsurikov, Bondarenko, Burda, Ponedelnik, O. Demchenko (Chelyadin, 90), I. Krasnichy, Telles, I. Kane (Alefirenko, 76), Klymchuk (Oevusi, 66), Salabay.

Substitutes: Matsapura, Shershen, Rukhadze, Bezruchuk, Denisenko, Tretyakov, Gusol.

Head coach: Ruslan Kostyshyn.

Interesting facts:

- a total of 7 matches were played between the teams in the championships of Ukraine: +3=1-3 (7-5) - minimal advantage on the side of the red and whites;

- Kryvbas played seven home matches this season: +4=2-1 (14-7) - 14 points - the third highest in the UPL;

- Kolos scored 11 points in away matches: +3=2-2 (9-6) - the eighth highest in the UPL;

- Kryvyi Rih will play their 370th home match in the UPL on Saturday;

- the unbeaten home series of the red-and-whites lasts 4 rounds: 2 wins, 2 draws;

- the unbeaten series of the Kovalevs lasts 6 rounds: 2 wins, 4 draws.

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