"Kryvbas" - "Kudrivka". Preview

Kryvbas vs UPL debutant Kudrivka. This is exactly the kind of match that awaits Kryvyi Rih fans tomorrow at the Hirnyk stadium in Kryvyi Rih. The red-and-whites are in the TOP-5 after 7 rounds, aiming to further improve their tournament standings.

The opponent started their debut season in the elite of Ukrainian football well: three wins in seven matches, and an intermediate ninth place. In the last round, our team visited Cherkasy against LNZ and was satisfied with one point - 0:0.

In a nominally home match, Kudrivka defeated Epicenter in a strong-willed style - 2:1. It should be noted that two of the opponent's players are related to Kryvbas. Goalkeeper Lopka played in Kryvyi Rih from 2020 to 2022, and forward Legostaiev is a graduate of Kryvyi Rih football - he played for Youth School-1 "Kryvbas-84", "Hirnyk" U-19.

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Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih - FC Kudrivka Kudrivka (Chernihiv region).

October 5 2025, Sunday. Kryvyi Rih. Stadium Hirnyk. 13:00.

Referee appointments:

Referee: Oleksandr Afanasiev (Kharkiv).

Assistant referees: Ihor Rybchenko (Zaporizhzhia), Ihor Debenko (Ivano-Frankivsk).

Fourth referee: Dmytro Osaulenko (Kyiv).

Referee observer: Viktor Bezsmertny (Kropyvnytskyi).

VAR referee: Oleg Derevinskyi (Khmelnytskyi).

VAR assistant: Maksym Firsov (Rivne).

VAR observer: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Khmelnytskyi).

Broadcast: UPL TV.

The opponent's last match in the championship:

"Kudrivka" - "Epicentr" 2:1 (0:1). VBET League 2025\2026. 7th round. 09/26/2025.

Goals: Seberio, 34 (0:1). Vladyslav Moroz, own goal, 65 (1:1). Andriy Totovytskyi, from penalty, 85 (2:1).

"Kudrivka": Lopka, Machelyuk, Serdyuk, Shapoval, Melnychuk, Losenko (Veklyak, 87), Dumanyuk, Kozak (Svityukha, 81), Storchous (k) (Totovytskyi, 72), Morozko (Rogozynskyi, 72), Legostayev (Frimpong, 46).

Substitutes: Yashkov, Kulyk, Mamrosenko, Pushkarev, Korkishko, Bezborodko, Lytovchenko.

Coach: Vitaliy Kostyshyn.

Interesting facts:

- the history of the teams' matches in the championships of Ukraine does not include a single match - this will be the debut meeting;

- "Kudrivka" concedes goals in all UPL matches - 7 rounds in a row.

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