ZAPOROZH’YE. Zorya prevails over Vorskla 1-0 after J. Basic scored just 1 goal (37′). Zorya made the most of its superior ball possession (57%).

Illya Krupskyi received a red card (70′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Vorskla lost the match.

The match was played at the Slavutych-Arena stadium in Zaporozh’ye on Monday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Oleksandr Shandor with the collaboration of Igor Debenko and Petro Kotubey. The 4th official was Dmitriy Kubryak. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 4.52 degrees Celsius or 40.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Zorya had a superior ball possession 57% while Vorskla was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Vorskla was putting more pressure with 42 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Zorya was capable to find the solution to win this contest.​

Zorya shot 17 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Vorskla shot 9 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Zorya received 4 yellow cards (Eduardo Guerrero, Eduardo Guerrero, Denys Antyukh and Vyacheslav Churko). Regarding the opposition, Vorskla received 6 yellow cards (Felipe Rodrigues, Illya Krupskyi, Sambou Sissoko, Ibrahim Kane, Mykola Kovtalyuk and Sergiy Myakushko).

Also, Vorskla didn’t end the match with 11 players after Illya Krupskyi (Vorskla) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (70′).

Standings

After this encounter, Zorya has 15 points like Obolon’-Brovar and Metalist 1925 Kharkiv to hold in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Vorskla will stays with 23 points like Chornomorets to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Zorya will play away with Oleksandria on the 2nd of March with a 12-8 head to head record in favor of Zorya (8 draws).

Vorskla will host Karpaty on the 7th of June with a 14-9 head to head in favor of Vorskla (10 draws).

Zorya – Formation

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

The manager Yurii Koval decided to play with the following team: Oleksandr Saputin, Bogdan Butko, Anderson Jordan, Arsenii Batahov, Reis Rodriguez Leovigildo Junior, Ihor Kyriukhantsev, Jakov Basic, Vyacheslav Churko, Oleksandr Yatsyk, Denys Antyukh and Eduardo Guerrero.

The home team had on the bench: Anton Bol, Oleksiy Khakhlov, Dmytro Myshnov, Vikentiy Voloshyn, Ihor Horbach, Vladyslav Bugai, Petar Mićin, Artem Benediuk, Artem Slesar, Maksym Nabyt and Anton Zhylkin.

Substitutions

Zorya made 5 changes: Vyacheslav Churko for Petar Mićin (49′), Petar Mićin for Dmytro Myshnov (89′), Denys Antyukh for Vladyslav Bugai (71′), Reis Rodriguez Leovigildo Junior for Anton Bol (90′) and Eduardo Guerrero for Vikentiy Voloshyn (90′).

Vorskla – Formation

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

Sergiy Dolganski played with: Pavlo Isenko, Illya Krupskyi, Igor Perduta, Andriy Batsula, Viktor Korniienko, Ardit Toli, Sambou Sissoko, Sergiy Myakushko, Ibrahim Kane, Felipe Rodrigues and Mykola Kovtalyuk.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Lucas Ramires, Evgen Pavlyuk, Silvio Vokrri, Ivan Nesterenko, Artem Chelyadin, Vladyslav Ostrovskyi, Daniil Khrypchuk, Taras Galas, Oleksandr Domolega and Artem Slesar.

Substitutions

Vorskla made 4 changes: Ibrahim Kane for Ivan Nesterenko (62′), Ardit Toli for Artem Chelyadin (62′), Mykola Kovtalyuk for Evgen Pavlyuk (74′) and Sambou Sissoko for Daniil Khrypchuk (84′).

Results of the day

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

• Obolon’-Brovar – Chornomorets – 1-1
• Oleksandria – Shakhtar Donetsk – 0-0
• Zorya – Vorskla – 1-0