POLTAVA. Vorskla managed to find the solution against Veres to win 2-1. S. Myakushko was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Veres to strike first with a goal of Marko Mrvaljević at the 41′. Then it was a goal in the 47′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Sergiy Myakushko gave the win to Vorskla in the 81′ minute scoring a double.

The match was played at the Stadion Vorskla im. Oleksiya Butov’skogo stadium in Poltava on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Klym Zabroda with the help of Oleksandr Dashko and Taras Klymenko. The 4th official was . The weather was clear sky. The temperature was quite cold at 5.64 degrees Celsius or 42.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Vorskla was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Veres that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Vorskla had a more offensive attitude with 55 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Vorskla won the match​.

Vorskla shot 12 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Veres shot 11 times, 7 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Vorskla received 5 yellow cards (Daniil Khrypchuk, Ibrahim Kane, Artem Chelyadin, Pavlo Isenko and Oleksandr Sklyar). Regarding the opposition, Veres received 3 yellow cards (Julio Cesar, Iago and Yevhen Banada).

Standings

After playing this contest, Vorskla has 26 points to sit in the 7th place. On the other side, Veres will stays with 12 points to sit in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Vorskla will host Karpaty on the 7th of June with a 14-9 head to head statistic in favor of Vorskla (10 draws).

Veres will host Dynamo Kyiv on the 9th of March with a 7-1 head to head in favor of Dynamo Kyiv (1 draw).

Vorskla – Formation

Vorskla started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Sergiy Dolganski decided to play with the following team: Pavlo Isenko, Igor Perduta, Evgen Pavlyuk, Daniil Khrypchuk, Andriy Batsula, Felipe Rodrigues, Oleksandr Sklyar, Sambou Sissoko, Ibrahim Kane, Sergiy Myakushko and Ruslan Stepanyuk.

The home team had on the bench: Lucas Ramires, Silvio Vokrri, Mykola Kovtalyuk, Ivan Nesterenko, Artem Chelyadin, Taras Galas, Oleksandr Domolega, Tiago, Ardit Toli and Danyil Ermolov.

Substitutions

Vorskla made 4 changes: Felipe Rodrigues for Lucas Ramires (87′), Oleksandr Sklyar for Artem Chelyadin (60′), Daniil Khrypchuk for Mykola Kovtalyuk (87′) and Ibrahim Kane for Ivan Nesterenko (80′).

Veres – Formation

Veres started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

Oleg Shandruk played with: Bogdan Kogut, Evgeniy Morozko, Oleksandr Kucherenko, Julio Cesar, Evgeniy Shevchenko, Vitalii Dakhnovskyi, Yevhen Banada, Valerii Kucherov, Iago, Dmytro Shastal and Marko Mrvaljević.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Maxym Smiyan, Semen Vovchenko, Denys Yanakov, Hodia Dmytro Vasylovych, Mykhailo Shestakov, Dmytro Klyots, Evgeny Past, Vasyl Gakman, Vladyslav Sharay, Mykhailo Kulyk, Andrii Kukharuk and Mykola Haiduchyk.

Substitutions

Veres made 4 changes: Dmytro Shastal for Mykhailo Shestakov (83′), Iago for Mykola Haiduchyk (83′), Yevhen Banada for Denys Yanakov (85′) and Vitalii Dakhnovskyi for Vladyslav Sharay (66′).

Results of the day

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

• Dynamo Kyiv – Chornomorets – 1-0
• Vorskla – Veres – 2-1
• Kolos Kovalivka – Rukh Vynnyky – 0-1
• Minaj – Metalist 1925 Kharkiv – 2-0