RIVNE. Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih beat Veres to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih to strike first with a goal of K. Prykhodko at the 51′. Then it was a penalty in the 82′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Ponedelnik gave the win to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih in the 83′ minute with a goal. Veres lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih remained in 10 after D. Ustymenko received a double yellow card in the 60′. Anyway, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih still was able to win this match playing only in 10​.

The match was played at the Stadion Avangard stadium in Rivne on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Dmytro Bondarenko with the help of Oleksandr Zhukov and Volodymyr Vysotsky. The 4th official was Yury Ivanov. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9 degrees Celsius or 48.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Veres had a strong ball possession 58% while Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Veres was more aggressive with 101 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Veres shot 15 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Veres received 4 yellow cards (V. Dakhnovskyi, H. Pasich, V. Sharay and S. Sharay). On the opposite side, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih received 2 yellow cards (M. Zaderaka and D. Ustymenko).

Also, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih didn’t finish the match with 11 players after D. Ustymenko (Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (60′).

Standings

After playing this match, Veres will stay with 18 points like Chornomorets, Minai and Metal Kharkiv to remain in the 11th place. On the other side, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih will have 25 points to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Veres will play away against Rukh Vynnyky on the 8th of April with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Rukh Vynnyky (2 draws).

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih will host Zorya on the 8th of April with a 0-0 head to head record.

Veres – Formation

Veres adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Yuri Virt decided to play with the following team: Bogdan Kogut, Hennadii Pasich, Vasyl Kurko, Semen Vovchenko, Roman Gagun, Stanislav Sharai, Valerii Kucherov, Vitalii Dakhnovskyi, Dmytro Klyots, Vladyslav Sharay and Mykola Haiduchyk.

The home team had on the bench: Vadym Yushchyshyn, Arseniy Korkodym, Andriy Bliznichenko, Mykola Kvasnyi, Dmytro Shukh, Danyil Khondak, Mykhailo Shestakov, Oleksandr Lebedenko, Dmytro Povoroznyuk, Maksym Vadovskyi, Mykhailo Protasevych, and .

Substitutions

Veres made 3 changes: V. Kucherov for Oleksandr Lebedenko (43′), V. Dakhnovskyi for Andriy Blyznychenko (66′) and S. Sharay for Mykhailo Shestakov (77′).

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih – Formation

Also Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Yury Vernydub played with: Andriy Klishchuk, Volodymyr Yakimets, Vyacheslav Ryabov, Danylo Beskorovaynyi, Junior Yvan Nyabeye Dibango, Yevhen Banada, Klim Prykhodko, Artur Mykytyshyn, Maksym Zaderaka, Dmytro Khomchenovskyi and Denys Ustymenko.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Maksym Luniov, Tymur Stetskov, Andriy Ponyedyelnik, Yevhen Opanasenko, Timur Korablin, Zakhar Karpus, Bogdan Khoma and Vladyslav Semotiuk.

Substitutions

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih made 3 changes: A. Mykytyshyn for Andriy Ponedelnik (70′), K. Prykhodko for Maksym Luniov (76′) and M. Zaderaka for Timur Stetskov (90′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Veres – Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih – 1-2
• Metal Kharkiv – Kolos Kovalivka – 0-0
• Oleksandria – Vorskla – 3-0
• Minai – Inhulets – 1-2