Dnipro-1 take on the visitors Shakhtar Donetsk in the round 14 match of Ukrainian Premier League. The match will be played on Saturday, November 19th at Avanhard Stadium (Uzhorod).
Dnipro-1 last season took 3rd place in the final standings. Nevertheless, a lot has changed here last summer. It was as if a "paratrooper had landed" from Kharkov: the new head coach, Kucher, arrived, bringing with him half a dozen "Metallist" football players. And Krasnikov, who transferred from there, secured a traditional wave of signed Latin American legionnaires. At the same time, the season started mediocrely, with the defeat of AEK Larnaca in the qualification of the Europa League. But paradoxically, they will meet him again: the Ukrainians passed the Conference League well, taking 2nd place in the group with AZ, Vaduz and Apollon, and again will face to the Cypriots in the playoffs. In the UPL, it is possible to score a lot, fortunately, Dovbyk was not sold to anyone and they concede a little. As a result, it was the "black and yellow" that became the only real competitor for the "miners".
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Shakhtar Donetsk were actually half dismantled in the first half of the year. More precisely, at the beginning of spring, when the legionnaires led by the coach, Roberto De Zebri, hastily left the country, where the war sharply escalated. In fact, of the foreigners, only Traore and Dario Srna remained on the field, who has been performing the functions of one of the directors for a long time. But, with unconditional financial losses - it was possible to make a lot of money on Solomon and the Brazilians, which the club from Donetsk always managed well - in terms of sports, paradoxically, there is progress. The new coach, Jovičević, assembled a team that turned out to be capable of surpassing the results of the last round in the Champions League. The best team of Ukraine fought until the last for the playoffs, and in the end was able to make it to the Europa League. In the fall, they beat RB Leipzig, kept up with Celtic, and Real saved themselves from defeat in the last seconds. Now you can focus on UPL and finally slow down an unexpected competitor.
So far, after "Dnepr-1" returned under its current name, it has not been able to get hold of even a draw in matches with "Shakhtar". All 6 head-to-head matches ended only with the victories of the "miners". Bookmakers do not believe that "Dnipro", with all its undoubted progress, will now be able to compete with the champion.
Prediction for the match: Shakhtar Donetsk to win.
