on friday August 16the second round of the new season of the First League starts with two matches in Transcarpathia. First, “Khust” will host “Niva” from Ternopil at 2 p.m., and later “Pass” will play with Ivano-Frankivsk “Prykarpattiam”. Watch the live broadcast of this match at 15:30 on DiviSport YouTube channels.
In the new season, the “green and yellow” have already played three matches: after a “dry” cup victory over the second league team “Uzhhorod” (4:0) then the Carpathians hosted Chernivtsi twice in a few days “Bukovynu”. If the game of the 1st round of the championship did not reveal a winner (1:1), then on August 12 at the “Rukh” stadium, the guests won a ticket to the third preliminary stage of the Cup of Ukraine thanks to the only goal of Maksym Girny – 0:1.
“Pass” at the end of the 2023/24 season, it was directly relegated from the Premier League, but had a chance to stay in the elite due to the “tournament of four”. In the semi-finals, the team of Željko Lyubenovich overcame “Epicenter”and conceded in the final “Left Bank”who became a UPL debutant, where he will replace Dnipro-1. On Monday, “Minai” lost on the road “Rock 1911” with a score of 3:1, and in the third round of the Cup of Ukraine on August 21 will play with “Victoria” (second year in a row).
In recent history, rivals have only played each other three official matches. After the home cup victory of the Minaj team in August 2018 (3:1), the following season in the First League, the teams exchanged guest victories: first, the Ivano-Frankivsk team took a convincing revenge at the “Minaj Arena” (3:0), and in the second round, the Transcarpathian team won a very difficult minimal victory at the “Rukh” stadium (2:1).
Note that in the second round, the disqualified will not help the “green and yellow”. Roman Barchuk. In the foreword before Friday’s game read the interview Carpathians Tyutsyuri and French and ex-player of “Prykarpattia” Vorobchakwho will play against his former team for the first time.
Championship of Ukraine. The first league. Group A. 2nd round
“Mynai” (Minai) – “Prykarpattia” (Ivano-Frankivsk)
August 16, 2024. Mynai, stadium “Mynai Arena” – 15:30
Arbitrator: L. Telbukh (Dnipro). Referee assistants: O. Vdovina (Lviv), I. Goliyak (Mykolaiv region).
4th referee: P. Kotubey (Transcarpathian region). Arbitration observer: V. Chernyshov (Kremenchuk).
Minai – Prykarpattia. The return of Minaj to the First League, where the people of Minaj spent only one season before, becoming the winners of the 2019/2020 Championship. The wards of Zhelek Lubenovich opened the current season with a cup match, defeating Skal 1911 away in the second preliminary stage. Prykarpattia, on the other hand, suffered a home defeat against Bukovyna at this cup stage. By the way, it was against the Chernivtsi team that the Carpathians started in the current championship, drawing at home. Minaj and Prykarpattia previously exchanged away victories in the First League, and for the Minaj team, the defeat against Ivano-Frankivsk remains the only one in the First League, – announces official website of PFL.
The team from Uzhhorod missed the first round. On Monday, Lubenovich’s wards played a match of the Cup of Ukraine. In the second half, “Mynai” pushed “Skala 1911” thanks to Gunichev’s double. Undoubtedly, this victory should give Uzhgorod residents confidence in their own strength after the failure in the final of the tournament four. The team lost almost all of its leaders in the offseason. As it became known after the match with “Skala 1911”, the head coach of “Minaya” Zeljko Lubenovich resigned. However, in the game with “Prykarpattia” he will still perform his duties.
The team from Ivano-Frankivsk in the first round showed itself from the best side and was able to take points from “Bukovyny”. Thus, the home series of “Prykarpattia” in the First League ended without a draw, which lasted 8 games: 5 wins and 3 losses. However, already in the Cup, Rypan’s wards minimally conceded to Bukovyna. The guests have one loss before the game with “Minay”, because striker Roman Barchuk will not be able to play due to disqualification, – he notes UA-Football.
FootBoom forecast: 1:2. Transcarpathians will play for the first time without Zeljko Lubenovich. The Serb resigned from the post of head coach.
