ZAPOROZH’YE. Zorya was eventually too strong for Chornomorets. V. Kabaev (2′), O. Gladky (45′ pen) and A. Sayyadmanesh (88′).
The match was played at the Slavutych-Arena stadium in Zaporozh’ye on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Evgen Aranovskiy who was helped by Volodymyr Vysotsky and Andriy Skrypka. The 4th official was Roman Blavatskiy.
Both teams adopted the same conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Zorya – Formation
The manager Viktor Skripnik decided to play with the following team: Dmytro Matsapura, Maksym Imerekov, Lovro Cvek, Denis Favorov, Dmytro Khomchenovskyi, Vladyslav Kochergin, Egor Nazaryna, Serhii Buletsa, Artem Gromov, Vladyslav Kabaev and Oleksandr Gladkiy.
The home team had on the bench: Anton Zhylkin, Agron Rufati, Ihor Snurnitsyn, Akhmed Alibekov, Maksym Kazakov, Allahyar Sayyadmanesh, Raymond Owusu, Maksym Luniov and Cristian Daniel Dal Bello Fagundes.
Chornomorets – Formation
On the other side, Yurii Moroz played with: Oleksiy Palamarchuk, Illia Putria, Mohammed Kadiri, Valery Dubko, Roman Vantukh, Giorgi Tsitaishvili, Sergiy Kravchenko, Mykola Mykhailenko, Artur Avagimian, Vladyslav Vanat and Maksym Bragaru.
They had on the bench: Danylo Varakuta, Vladyslav Kucheruk, Kristian Bilovar, Danil Skorko, Bohdan Biloshevskyi, Beka Vachiberadze, Yevhenii Isaienko, Danyil Sukhoruchko and Yurii Tlumak.
Match Statistics
- 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
- 13 Total 12
- 5 On Target 3
- 8 Off Target 9
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 87 Attack 83
- 65 Dangerous attack 42
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 5
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 16 Total 6
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Zorya was in firm control of the ball 55% while Chornomorets was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Zorya was more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Zorya won the match.
Zorya shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Chornomorets shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Zorya received 3 yellow cards (D. Favorov, V. Kabaev and A. Sayyadmanesh). On the other side, Chornomorets received 2 yellow cards (M. Mykhailenko and A. Avagimian).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Zorya will have 14 points like Oleksandria to stay in the 6th place. On the other side, Chornomorets will stay with 5 points to stay in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Zorya will play away with Dnipro-1 on the 26th of September with a 3-0 head to head in favor of Zorya (1 draw).
Chornomorets will host Inhulets on the 27th of September with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Lviv – Metalist 1925 Kharkiv – 0-0
- Vorskla – Minai – 2-0
- Zorya – Chornomorets – 3-0