Representatives from the bottom of the standings will close out the Sunday game day in their home UPL with a head-to-head match. Yes, yes, exactly the bottom one. We are talking about a head-to-head meeting between Vitaly Ponomarev’s team and Vitaly Pervak’s team.
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14th round of the UPL season 2024/25
Sunday, November 24th
Lviv, “Arena Lviv”
Referee: Schurman Dennis
“Movement” 18:00 “Left Bank” 
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“Rukh”: latest news
Lviv residents sank noticeably during the autumn season. Not to say that Vitaly Ponomarev’s team is not running or doesn’t want to, but the results of the “black and yellows” frankly upset their fans – only one triumph since the beginning of autumn. Of course, we are talking about three points in the first Lviv derby against Vladislav Lupashko’s Karpaty.
And December is already on the doorstep. It is incredibly difficult to pinpoint a specific reason for this decline. At times, the Rukh players really lack implementation and precision in the final stage, and at times the Lviv players simply lack original ideas. There is a clear feeling that the opponents simply already know from memory how Ponomarev’s young gang will play.
So in the previous round of the Ukrainian championship, just before the break for national team matches, “Rukh” unexpectedly lost away to “Veres” from Rivne (0:2). And this result was definitely not an accident – Oleg Shandruk’s “wolves” outplayed the guests from Lvov.
The trend is really very strange. “Rukh” is definitely not hopeless, that’s a fact. Just take into account the draws with Krivoy Rog “Krivbass”, “Dynamo” Kyiv and “Alexandria” from the city of the same name. Especially in this context, the confrontation with the SaSho team – the Rukh players competently restrained the capital team and certainly did not sag in terms of the overall level.
Therefore, for now we can state that something has broken in the ranks of the Lviv residents. Either there are problems with the microclimate, or there is still a protracted, but “temporary” crisis. In any case, the match with the outsider represented by “Left Bank” will dot the i’s.
“Left Bank” is an example of the fact that now there are no simple opponents in the UPL. This club recently took points from Polissya and Kolos and competed well against Shakhtar. “Left Bank” is a very closed team that builds its game from defense. It will not be easy for us to overcome this dense defense. “Left Bank” also conducts high-quality counterattacks. We are preparing for a serious match and studying the game of our opponent,” said the Rukh coach before the confrontation with the Storks.
Approximate composition of “Rukh”: Ledviy, Slyubik, Kholod, Roman, Sych, Pidgursky, Shepherd, Fedor, Kvasnitsa, Carbine, Klimchuk.
“Left Bank”: latest news
To be honest, everything is very vague with the “storks”. As much as possible, it will be more accurate. The Kiev team’s goalless streak in the UPL has already lasted more than 12 hours of playing time. And this is a catastrophe and a moral hole that extremely burdens Vitaly Pervak’s football players. The last time “Left Bank” scored in the Ukrainian championship was on the first day of September. And winter is already knocking on the door.
In the previous round, the “storks” met with an outsider like themselves. And frankly speaking, Vasily Kobin’s “Ingulets” definitely outplayed Pervak’s players. If it weren’t for the monumental Maxim Mekhanov and his incredible performances on the goal line, the representative of the village of Petrovo would have taken three points.
Left Bank and its coaching staff need to make some adjustments immediately. Otherwise, you won’t get far on “dryness” alone. This aspect alone is not enough to even get into the “joints” zone. Kharkov “Metalist 1925” from the last campaign will not let you lie. And there were even goals!
Even against the rather crisis-ridden “Rukh” it will be extremely difficult to take points.
It is also worth remembering the recent friendly game with Zhytomyr Polesie during the break for the national team matches. The Storks scored a goal against the Wolves, but in the end they lost with a score of 1:2.
“During the match with Polesye there were both positive and negative moments. The fact that we scored is already good. Only in such matches do we have the opportunity to experiment with the composition. We have time to prepare for the match with Rukh, but for now I can’t say how we will play. Everything will depend on the preparation of the players, both physical and psychological.
During the preparation for the match with Rukh, the weather conditions changed and, as a result, the training time. We rested for three days, then the guys received maximum load under control for four days in a row. Therefore, I think that everything is going according to plan,” Vitaly Pervak shared his thoughts.
Approximate composition of the “Left Bank”: Mekhaniv, Astakhov, Yakimov, Semenov, Sydney, Voytsekhovsky, Kosovsky, Galas, Prikhodko, Ivan Kogut, Sukhoruchko.
“Rukh” – “Left Bank” . Personal meetings
It is natural that this is only the first official meeting of these groups. The teams also did not play friendly matches.
“Rukh” – “Left Bank” . Latest official matches
“Movement”:
“Left Bank”:
Team standings
This may shock many, especially in the context of Rukh, but at the moment we are dealing with a representative of the lower standings. Nevertheless, of course, Ponomarev’s gang still has matches in reserve. Regarding the “Left Bank”, everything here is as clear as possible – the role of an outsider.
“Rukh” – “Left Bank” . Bet and odds
“Rukh” – “Left Bank” . Forecast for the match from UA-Football
The home team wins – 2:0. It’s time for Lviv residents to get out of this unprincipled series and stop this trend. Bookmakers also consider Ponomarev’s team to be the clear favorite of this pair.
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