"Kryvbas" - "Shakhtar". Preview

Tomorrow, in the central match of the 29th round of the UPL, Kryvbas will meet Shakhtar at home. In the first round, Kryvi Rih lost the victory in Lviv in injury time - 2:2 (Zaderaka, Vilivald - Ocheretko, Eginaldu). In the 28th round, the red-whites defeated Veres away - 3:1.

As for Donetsk, they beat Obolon at home - 3:1. For the game with Shakhtar, our guys were preparing in a one-time mode. Mendoza returns to the field after a suspension, and this is very good news before a difficult match.

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Ukrainian Championship 2025\2026. VBET League. Round 29.

"Kryvbas" Kryvyi Rih - "Shakhtar" Donetsk.

Sunday, May 17, 2026. Kryvyi Rih. "Hirnyk" Stadium. 13:00.

Referee appointments:

Referee: Klym Zabroda (Kyiv).

Assistant referees: Vitaly Skoblya (Kyiv), Oleksandr Korniyko (Mirhorod).

Fourth referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi (Zaporizhia).

Referee observer: Serhiy Voznyak (Mykolaiv).

VAR referee: Volodymyr Novokhatnyi (Cherkasy).

VAR assistant: Oleksandr Kalyonov (Khmelnytskyi).

VAR observer: Oleksandr Derevinskyi (Khmelnytskyi).

UAF Delegate: Andriy Prokhorovych (Sumy).

Security Officer: Albert Molgamov (Sumy).

Broadcast: UPL TV.

Last match of the opponent in the championship:

Shakhtar - Obolon 3:1 (2:1). VBET League 2025\2026. 28th round. 14.05.2026.

Goals: Luka Meirellis, 10 (1:0). Alaa Gram, 14 (2:0). Maksym Cech, 43 (2:1). Marʼan Shved, 90 (3:1).

Shakhtar: Baglai, Azarov, Matvienko (k), Nazarina, Gram (Bondar, 82), Marlon Gomez (Izaki, 69), Ocheretko, Pedrinho (Shved, 80), Prosper (Kauan Elias, 69), Neverton, Meirellis (Tsukanov, 80).

Substitutes: Fesiun, Traore, Eguinaldo, Kryskiv, Pedro Henrique, Bondarenko, Lucas Ferreira.

Head coach: Arda Turan.

Interesting facts:

- Kryvbas has played 49 official matches with Shakhtar, starting in 1992: +6=10-33 (31-97), - advantage on the opponent's side;

- Donetsk's unbeaten streak in the UPL continues for 19 games: 15 wins, 4 draws;

- the red-and-whites' home unbeaten streak in the UPL continues for 6 rounds - 4 wins, 2 losses;

- Kryvrizh's goal streak continues for 6 matches in the championship - 17 goals scored.

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