After a pause for matches with the national championship, the native championship returns. As part of the 14th round of the UPL, Obolon will host Kryvbas.
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The Brewers can’t shake off their status as a fighter for survival, but the team took points in the last two matches. But for the Krivoy Rog team, who before the start of the season were considered experienced fighters for European competition, things are not going so smoothly. Or rather, very unstable.
Well, let’s try to figure out what the teams are approaching the head-to-head match with.
“Obolon” (Kyiv) – “Krivbass” (Krivoy Rog)
VBET League. 14th round
November 24, Kyiv, Obolon Arena stadium, 13:00
Referee: Dmitry Panchishin (Kharkov)
Video broadcast: UPL TV
Text online broadcast: UA-Football
“Obolon”, latest news:
In the last round, Obolon created a small sensation by beating LNZ 1:0 away. And it’s not just the score, but also the quality of the game that the Brewers showed. We can safely say that in that match, the Kiev team looked quite confident and won in a good sense. True, this was quite a long time ago, two weeks ago.
Obolon filled the pause for national team matches with a home sparring match with Chornomorets. The match took place in a slightly strange format of 4 halves of 35 minutes and ended in a crushing defeat for the Brewers 1:5.
However, sparring is sparring, and defeat in it is unlikely to spoil the team’s mood after the victory over LNZ, as stated by the team’s head coach Sergei Shishchenko.
“We had a weekend, enjoyed the victory over LNZ, this is a very important victory and it is very important that the players rest. We got together, trained at our base for two days, then played a sparring match and from Monday we will prepare for Krivbass, already such a week We will have a cycle. Therefore, everything is going according to plan, as it should be,” said the Obolon coach.
In general, everything is stable for the team and, given the successful period of play, we can say that it is good. Obolon is approaching the match with Krivbass without any problems and in a good mood.
Approximate composition of “Obolon”: Fedorivskyi, Stasyuk, Karas, Pryimak, Grisio, Vytenchuk, Blyznychenko, Chernenko, Slobodian, Medinsky, Sukhanov
“Krivbass”, latest news:
“Krivbass” has not won in three matches in a row (including the cup match) and the match with “Obolon”, although away, is an excellent opportunity to improve this situation.
During the break for the national team matches, the Kryvyi Rih players did without sparring. The team had a rest (except for some players who went to different national teams) and purposefully prepared for the match with the Brewers.
During the pause, the club held a charity match in which the Krivbass team played with the fans, and thanks to which about 75,000 hryvnia were collected.
More football-related news – “Krivbass” supported the initiative of a meeting between representatives of UPL clubs with the head of UAF referees Ekaterina Monzul and UAF arbitration consultant Nicola Rizzoli “for a direct and open dialogue on the quality of arbitration of football matches and the openness of the Committee.”
Returning directly to football, it is worth noting Dibango’s return from injury. Ivan was already in the reserves for Kolos, but never appeared on the field. However, after two weeks we can assume that the defender will be ready for Obolon.
Khomchenovsky also returned to the general group, but Dmitry, it seems, still needs to get in shape.
Who will definitely not play in the match with the Brewers is Jihad Bizimana, who is disqualified due to too many yellow cards.
Approximate composition of “Krivbass”: Klischuk, Dybango, Drambaev, Romanchuk, Monday, Ilich, Tverdokhleb, Amorozo, Mykytyshyn, Zaderaka, Sosa
Tournament table
Obolon took 4 points in the last two UPL matches, but this does not yet allow the team to leave the direct relegation zone. The Brewers are in 15th place in the table and have 9 points. However, we can safely say that Shishchenko’s team is now on the move and will definitely expect to take points in the match with Kryvbas.
“Krivbass” has not won two matches in the championship. Kryvyi Rih has slipped back a bit in the table and is now in 6th place with 19 points. However, it is still too early to talk about a crisis. However, if you fight for the European Cup zone, defeating opponents of Obolon’s rank is simply necessary.
Last matches
In the last six matches, Obolon has 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses, with a goal difference of 3:9.
- “Chernomorets” – “Obolon” 1:0
- “Obolon” – “Dynamo” 1:5
- “Karpaty” – “Obolon” 1:0
- “Veres” – “Obolon” 2:1
- “Obolon” – “Veres” 0:0
- LNZ – ”Obolon” 0:1
In the last six matches, “Krivbass” won 2 matches, drew 2 matches and lost 2 matches with a goal difference of 8:7.
- “Dynamo” – “Kryvbass” 2:1
- “Zorya” – “Krivbass” 0:1
- “Kryvbass” – LNZ 3:1
- “Polesie” – “Krivbass” 2:1
- “Kryvbass” – “Rukh” 1:1
- “Kolos” – “Krivbass” 1:1
In total, the teams played 3 matches between themselves: two draws and one victory for Kryvbas, the goal difference was 0:1.
2 matches were played in the UPL: a draw and a victory for Kryvbas, the goal difference was 0:1.
On the Obolon field – 2 matches: +0=2-0, goals 0-0
Last match on the Obolon field – 08/28/2023, “Obolon” – “Krivbass” 0:0
“Kryvbas” can play away for the 90th time in the UPL
Obolon may suffer its 10th home defeat in the UPL.
Kryvbas’ unbeaten streak in the UPL continues for 4 games: 2 wins and 2 draws.
Obolon has not conceded a goal in the championship for 260 minutes.
Kryvbas’s scoring streak in the UPL lasts 5 games – 6 goals scored.
Obolon has not won 2 UPL matches at home: a draw and a defeat.
The 10th goal in the UPL can be scored by Egor Tverdokhleb (Krivbass).
The 10th home match of Sergei Shishchenko’s different clubs in the UPL.
Yuri Vernidub, at the head of different clubs, can play away in the UPL for the 40th time.
“Obolon” – “Krivbass”: bets and odds
Forecast for the match “Obolon” – “Kryvbass” from UA-Football
Bookmakers see Krivbass as the “working” favorite of the match. And despite the series of teams, this is quite justified. The Kriorovians simply have a stronger and more balanced composition.
If you do not take the outcome, the lower total option looks interesting. Teams score catastrophically few goals in matches against each other. And also on the already frozen field of the Obolon Arena.
UA-Football forecast: Total under 2.5 for 1.59.
Odds are valid at the time of writing. This prediction does not guarantee a win.
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