Zorya Luhansk take on the visitors Oleksandriya in the round 14 match of Ukranian Premier League. The match will be played on Friday, November 18th at Stadion Valerija Lobanovskoho (Kyiv).
Zorya have a complicated history - suffice it to say that it still officially has a Luhansk "registration". And although he has been playing in other cities for a very long time, mainly in Zaporozhye, they manage to stay in the elite of Ukrainian football. With Virta as a coach, it was consistently possible to take 3rd place in the championship and play in European cups not without success. By the way, under Skrypnyk there was a "bronze" in combination with reaching the final of the cup. Last season, "black and white" were 4th in the final standings. Now they have a new coach, van Leeuwen, who headed the Shakhtar academy for a long time, and then worked at Kairate and Maccabi (Tel Aviv). The Dutch did not start in the best way: they were relegated to the Conference League from their first opponent, "Krayov", although they won the 1st, home match. Yes, there was a failure in the UPL in September-October, with 1 point in 3 rounds. But in general, the team in the domestic arena is at the usual level and even managed to stop Shakhtar in the last round, playing with them 2-2.
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Oleksandriya relatively recently, in 2019, showed its best result in history, reaching the "bronze" medals. This made it possible to play in the group round of the Europa League at the same time, where, however, there were only 3 draws in 6 matches (and twice with Saint-Etienne). After that, the club lost positions, up to the 9th final place in the season before last. And only then, gradually, did they began to revive. Before the start of the new season, the "yellow and black" strengthened the team, but at the same time they continued to believe in Yuri Guru, who was previously an assistant to the long-time coach of "Aleks", Vladimir Sharan. So far, this bet justifies itself perfectly, and the club is fighting hard with Zorya for the right to take the 3rd place here. In the last 7 rounds of the UPL, there was only 1 defeat, 1-3 to Dynamo Kyiv, and before that, in the current stretch, they drew 2-2 with Shakhtar. Having won last Sunday against "Veres" 3-2, the club was able to catch up with its competitor in terms of points!
Zorya recently had a 4-match unbeaten streak in head-to-heads. But in the last championship, in 2021, the clubs exchanged minimal away victories - 1-0 each. Bookmakers consider Zorya as the favorite. But this should be a fairly bright and equal match, so it is worth taking a closer look at the offer in the form of "over 2.5 goals in total".
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 scored goals.
