Matchday. WFC "Vorskla" - WFC "Metalist 1925"

September 28, 2025. Poltava, Vorskla Stadium named after O. Butovsky. 7th round of the first stage of the Premier League. The match starts at 12:00

Referee - Lyudmyla Telbukh (Dnipro)

Assistant referees - Anastasiia Reznik (Luhansk), Svitlana Hrushko (Kyiv region)

Fourth official - Anastasiia Sereda (Kobeliaky)

UAF arbitration observer - Oksana Yermakova (Poltava)

It's time for another clash between two of the most titled teams in Ukraine - "Vorskla" will host "Metalist 1925". At this stage of the competition, Poltava and Kharkiv teams are side by side in the table, each having 18 points.

In the last round, Nataliia Zinchenko's team defeated "Sisters" - 3:0, while the "green and whites" secured three points in a match against "Shakhtar" - 2:1.

Today's meeting in Poltava will be the 28th for these opponents in the Premier League. "Metalist 1925" won 11 times, the same number of matches ended in a draw, and "Vorskla" has 5 victories.

It is worth noting that in this confrontation in the championship there is a "drought": three matches in a row ended 0:0. However, the teams last met in the Ukrainian Cup final and closed the previous season. Back then, Poltava celebrated victory - 1:0.

Premier League. First stage. Round 7

September 27 (Saturday)

"Sisters" - "Panthers" - 2:0

September 28 (Sunday)

11:00 - "Kryvbas" - "Ladomyr"

12:00 - "Vorskla" - "Metalist 1925"

12:00 - "Kolos" - "Polissya"

September 29 (Monday)

12:00 - "EMS-Podillya" - "Shakhtar"

FC Vorskla (Poltava). Information

Founded: 2004

Previous name: "Zhytlobud-2"

Home stadium: "Vorskla" (Poltava)

Head coach: Iya Andrushchak

Captain: Yana Kalinina

Previous championship: 1st place

Achievements: Ukrainian Champion (6) - 2016, 2017, 2019/20, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25; Ukrainian Cup winner (5) - 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2023/24, 2024/25

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