Game Day. "Metalist 1925" - "Veres"

December 7, 2025. Zhytomyr, "Central City Stadium". 15th round of the UPL. The match starts at 15:30

Referee - Vitaliy Romanov (Dnipro)

Referee Assistants - Andriy Semenov (Dnipro) and Denys Serdyuk (Poltava)

Fourth Official - Artem Mikhaylyuk (Kyiv)

VAR Referee - Oleksandr Shandor (Lviv)

VAR Assistant - Dmytro Yevtukhov (Dnipro)

VAR Observer - Oleg Zubarev (Slovyansk)

UAF Arbitration Observer - Valeriy Kurganov (Cherkasy)

Live broadcast of the match on the UPL.TV channel.

Preview: Kharkiv continues to be in the upper part of the table. Mladen Bartulovich's team is in 7th place with 21 points (goal difference: 15-11). After a draw with "Epicenter," the team continued training in their usual rhythm. The players quickly switched to preparing for the next matches.

The squad situation at "Metalist 1925" before the match is challenging - four players will not be able to help the team. Ari Moura, Gadzhiev, Kapinus, and Kalitvintsev remain sidelined due to injuries. They are all continuing their recovery and will miss the upcoming match. However, there is a positive note as Martyniuk has returned to training with the team.

"Veres" from Rivne is currently in 10th place in the standings with 18 points. The team has shown stable results in recent matches: two wins and three draws.

Throughout the history of matches between "Metalist 1925" and "Veres," they have played eight games against each other (5 in the UPL, 2 in the First League, and 1 cup match). Interestingly, at the PFL level, there was a draw and a victory for Kharkiv, while in the UPL, Rivne won.

UPL, 15th round

Friday, December 6

18:00 "Zorya" - "Karpaty" - 1:0

Saturday, December 7

13:00 "LNZ" - "Obolon" - 3:0

15:30 "Kolos" - "Shakhtar" - 0:0

18:00 "Kudrivka" - "Dynamo" - 1:2

Sunday, December 8

13:00 "Kr...