KHARKIV. Shakhtar Donetsk conquers Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1-0 after A. Bondarenko scored just 1 goal (77′).

M. Tatarkov received a red card (74′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih lost the match.

The match was played at the Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist stadium in Kharkiv on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Kateryna Monzul who was helped by Maryna Striletska and Svitlana Grushko. The 4th official was Anastasiia Romanyuk. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 27.1 degrees Celsius or 80.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Shakhtar Donetsk was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Shakhtar Donetsk was putting more pressure with 64 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Shakhtar Donetsk won the match​.

Shakhtar Donetsk shot 5 times, 4 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Shakhtar Donetsk received 1 yellow card (A. Bondarenko). On the opposite side, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih received 2 yellow cards (M. Tatarkov and ).

Also, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih didn’t finish the match with 11 players after M. Tatarkov (Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (74′).

Standings

After this match, Shakhtar Donetsk has 4 points to occupy the 4th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih stays with 0 points (13th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Shakhtar Donetsk will play away against Rukh Vynnyky on the 2nd of September with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Shakhtar Donetsk (1 draw).

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih will host Lviv on the 4th of September with a 0-0 head to head record.

Shakhtar Donetsk – Formation

Shakhtar Donetsk started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Igor Jovičević decided to play with the following team: Anatolii Trubin, Lucas Taylor, Serhiy Kryvtsov, Mykola Matviyenko, Bogdan Mykhaylichenko, Taras Stepanenko, Heorhii Sudakov, Artem Bondarenko, Mykhailo Mudryk, Ivan Petriak and Danylo Sikan.

The home team had on the bench: Oleksiy Shevchenko, Andriy Pyatov, Valeriy Bondar, Yukhym Konoplia, Viktor Korniienko, Andriy Totovytskyi, Neven Đurasek, Dmytro Topalov, Oleg Ocheretko, Oleksandr Zubkov, Andriy Kulakov and Eduard Serhiyovych Kozik.

Substitutions

Shakhtar Donetsk made 5 changes: Lucas Taylor for Y. Konoplya (54′), B. Mykhaylichenko for V. Korniienko (54′), S. Kryvtsov for V. Bondar (63′), D. Sikan for O. Zubkov (63′) and V. Korniienko for O. Ocheretko (72′).

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih – Formation

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Yury Vernydub played with: Bogdan Sarnavskiy, Yevhen Opanasenko, Dmytro Semenov, Vitali Vernydub, Timur Stetskov, Volodymyr Yakimets, Nazar Voloshyn, Dmytro Khomchenovskyi, Denys Ustymenko, Mikita Tatarkov and Oleksiy Khoblenko.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Andriy Klishchuk, Bogdan Khoma, Ivan Zotko, Glib Popchuk, Vyacheslav Ryabov, Denys Shevchenko, Evgen Banada, Timur Korablin, Andriy Ponedelnik and Roman Debelko.

Substitutions

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih made 3 changes: Y. Opanasenko for D. Shevchenko (66′), O. Khoblenko for E. Banada (75′) and D. Ustymenko for R. Debelko (82′).

Results of the day

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

• Shakhtar Donetsk – Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih – 1-0
• Kolos Kovalivka – Rukh Vynnyky – 2-0
• Dynamo Kyiv – Dnipro-1 – 0-3