POLTAVA. Vorskla wipes out Mariupol 5-1 with goals of O. Thill (16′), O. Thill (22′), I. Pesic (66′), J. Tamm (79′) and R. Stepanyuk (83′). On the other side, Mariupol scored with D. Topalov (62′). Vorskla took advantage of its better ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Stadion Vorskla im. Oleksiya Butov’skogo stadium in Poltava on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Yaroslav Kozyk with the help of Petro Kotubey and Dmytro Kozorezov. The 4th official was Gennadiy Serputko. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.5 degrees Celsius or 47.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Vorskla was in firm control of the ball 60% while Mariupol was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Vorskla was was more aggressive with 74 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Vorskla won the match.
Vorskla shot 16 times, 11 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Mariupol shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Vorskla received 2 yellow cards (I. Kane and A. Chelyadin). Talking about the opposition, Mariupol received 2 yellow cards (P. Bosancic and S. Mykytsey).
Also, Mariupol didn’t finish the match with 11 players after M. Peterman (Mariupol) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (60′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Vorskla will have 31 points like Dnipro-1 to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Mariupol will stay with 7 points to remain in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Vorskla will play away with Dnipro-1 on the 27th of November with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Dnipro-1 (4 draws).
Mariupol will host Lviv on the 26th of November with a 7-2 head to head record in favor of Mariupol (4 draws).
Vorskla – Formation
Vorskla started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Yuriy Maksymov decided to play with the following team: Dmytro Riznyk, Igor Perduta, Joonas Tamm, Serhiy Yavorskiy, Najeeb Yakubu, Olivier Thill, Volodymyr Chesnakov, David Puclin, Ibrahim Kane, Ruslan Stepanyuk and Rangel.
The home team had on the bench: Pavlo Isenko, Oleksandr Tkachenko, Bogdan Kushnirenko, Amilcar Codjovi, Artem Chelyadin and Ivan Pešić.
Substitutions
Vorskla made 5 changes: Rangel for I. Pesic (30′), N. Yakubu for A. Chelyadin (69′), D. Puclin for A. Codjovi (84′), J. Tamm for Y. Pavlyuk (84′) and I. Perduta for B. Kushnirenko (84′).
Mariupol – Formation
Mariupol started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Ostap Markevych played with: Mykyta Turbaievskyi, Kyrylo Melichenko, Petar Bosančić, Mark Mampasi, Petro Stasiuk, Maxym Chekh, Oleksii Kashchuk, Denys Shostak, Dmytro Myshnov, Dmytro Topalov and Bogdan V’Yunnik.
These were the players on the bench: Mykyta Peterman, Stanislav Mykytsey, Mykhaylo Khromey, Stefan Spirovski, Vladislav Klimenko, Artem Kholod, Artur Mykytyshyn, Zhuk Maksym and Denys Svitiukha.
Substitutions
Mariupol made 5 changes: B. Vyunnyk for D. Svityukha (58′), D. Shostak for M. Peterman (58′), D. Topalov for A. Mykytyshyn (78′), M. Mampasi for S. Mykytsey (78′) and M. Chekh for M. Khromey (78′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.