Kryvbas will play their first match after the resumption of the championship. The two-week break in the championship was due to international matches between the national teams. The representatives of the red-white team also played for their national teams: Bar Lin – for Israel U-21, Mendoza – for Venezuela.
Our opponent tomorrow is Rukh. Last season, the teams met twice: 1:1 - in Kryvyi Rih, 0:0 - in Lviv. The opponent did not start the current season very well, and only the victory in the 8th round in Kovalivka over Kolos - 2:0 allowed the Lviv team to leave the relegation zone.
As for the red-white team, after the home victory over Kudrivka - 3:1, they rose to 3rd place in the table. Dibango continues to work in the general group after his injury. Who knows, maybe tomorrow we will see him return to the starting lineup?
Ukrainian Championship 2025\2026. VBET League. Round 9.
"Ruh" Lviv - "Kryvbas" Kryvyi Rih.
Saturday, October 18, 2025. Lviv. Arena Lviv Stadium. 13:00.
Referee appointments:
Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskyi (Khmelnytskyi).
Assistant referees: Viktor Matyash (Donetsk), Oleksiy Mironov (Poltava).
Fourth referee: Maksym Firsov (Rivne).
Referee observer: Mykhailo Ovchar (Kalush).
UAF delegate: Vasyl Zatorskyi (Ternopil).
VAR referee: Denys Shurman (Kyiv region).
VAR assistant: Oleksandr Kalyonov (Khmelnytskyi).
VAR observer: Yevhen Gerenda (Kalush).
Broadcast: UPL TV.
The opponent's last match in the championship:
"Kolos" - "Ruh" 0:2 (0:0). VBET League 2025\2026. 8th round. 03.10.2025.
Goals: Babukar Fal, 48 (0:1). Ostap Prytula, penalty, 77 (0:2).
"Ruh": Hereta, Lyakh, Kholod, Slyubyk, Kopyna, Slyusar (Pidgursky, 59), Reilianu (Boyko, 88), Prytula (k), Klyaver, Kvasnytsia (Runich, 78), Faal (Almazbekov, 88)
Substitutes: Klymenko, Yasinsky, Kitela, Boyko, Kasarda, Kvas.
Head coach: Ivan Fedyk.
Interesting facts:
- Kryvbas played 4 away matches this season: +2=1-1 (9-8);
- Kryvryhov's winless streak in matches with the Lviv club continues in the UPL 4 matches: 3 draws, 1 defeat;
- Rukh's record-breaking drawless club series in the UPL continues: 2 wins, 6 defeats;
- in total, 6 matches were played between the rivals in the Ukrainian championships: +2=3-1 (7-5) - minimal advantage on the opponent's side.
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