"Shakhtar" - "Kryvbas". Preview

In the central match of the 14th round of the UPL, Kryvbas will face Shakhtar in Lviv. The last meeting of the teams took place in the spring of this year in Kryvyi Rih and brought the Miners a hard-fought victory - 2:1. That match went down in the history of the UPL as the longest - lasting 326,760 minutes.

In the last round, Kryvyi Rih lost points at home against Veres - 2:2, and Donetsk did not leave any chances to Obolon away - 6:0. The opponent is leading in the championship, while our team is currently on the 5th place.

After suspensions, the red and whites return to play in the UPL: Tverdokhlib and Kemkin, who missed the last round. Shakhtar returned from Ireland just a few days ago, where they won another match of the Conference League group stage against Shamrock Rovers - 2:1.

Kryvbas manager Patrick van Leeuwen previously coached the Shakhtar, so this will be his first match against his former team at the helm of the Kryvbas.

Ukrainian Championship 2025\2026. VBET League. Round 14.

Shakhtar Donetsk - Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.

Monday, December 1, 2025. Lviv. Arena Lviv Stadium. 18:00.

Referee appointments:

Referee: Viktor Kopievskyi (Kropyvnytskyi).

Assistant referees: Semen Shlonchak (Cherkassy), Viktor Nyzhnyk (Vinnytsia).

Fourth referee: Sofia Prichyna (Lviv region).

Referee observer: Igor Khiblin (Khmelnytskyi).

UAF delegate: Oleksandr Digtyar (Poltava).

VAR referee: Denys Shurman (Kyiv region).

VAR assistant: Ruslan Yermolenko (Chernihiv).

VAR observer: Mykhailo Ovchar (Kalush).

Broadcast: UPL TV.

The opponent's last match in the championship:

Obolon - Shakhtar 0:6 (0:1). VBET League 2025\2026. 13th round. 22.11.2025.

Goals: Valeriy Bondar, 45+1 (0:1). V. Tobias, 48 ​​(0:2). Meirelles, 49 (0:3). Eguinaldo, 69 (0:4). Izaki, 80 (0:5). Kawan Elias, 82 (0:6).

Shakhtar: Riznyk, V. Tobias, Bondar (k), Marlon Santos (Matvienko, 70), Pedro Enrique, Marlon Gomez (Kryskiv, 70), Bondarenko, Ocheretko, Neverton (Izaki, 60), Eguinaldo (Lucas, 79), Meirelles (Couan Elias, 60).

Substitutes: Fesiun, Tvardovsky, Azarov, Glushchenko, Konoplya, Nazarina, Lucas Ferreira, Farina.

Head coach: Arda Turan.

Interesting facts:

- Kryvbas played 6 away matches this season: +3=1-3 (11-14) - 10 points, and this is the ninth indicator in the championship;

- Shakhtar lost points only once in home matches: +5=0-1 (18-6) - 15 points; the best result of the season;

- in total, in the championships of Ukraine in the recent history of our Club, 6 matches were held between the rivals: +4=2-0 (15-7) - the advantage is still on the side of the Shakhtar;

- Kryvbas can win its 250th anniversary victory in the UPL, including the 80th away victory.

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