"Kharkiv" vs "Obolon" - match of the 5th round today

September 5, 2026. Kyiv region, "Arena Left Bank". 5th round of UPL. The match starts at 13:00

Referee — Oleksiy Derevinskyi (Khmelnytskyi).

Referee assistants — Oleksiy Myronov (Poltava) and Dmytro Zaporozhenko (Zaporizhzhia).

Fourth official — Ihor Stashuk (Chernihiv).

VAR referee — Denys Reznikov (Kamianske).

VAR assistant — Viktor Matyash (Donetsk region).

VAR observer — Viktor Derdo (Chornomorsk).

UAF arbitration observer — Viktor Shvetsov (Odesa).

Live broadcast of the match — UPL.TV.

Pre-match: "Kharkiv" approaches the match in 5th place in the standings, having 6 points after four rounds. Mladen Bartulovich's team has won twice and lost twice, scoring 5 goals and conceding 4. The last match for Kharkiv was against "Zorya", which they defeated away with a score of 3:0. Interestingly, the match was extended for two days due to heavy air alarms. This match was also special for Ihor Kohut - the midfielder played his 150th match in UPL. In the Ukrainian championships, he played for "Dnipro", "Dnipro-1", "Chornomorets", and "Kharkiv". This season is also significant for "Kharkiv" as the game against "Zorya" was the club's 300th at the professional level.

"Obolon" currently occupies the 14th position, having 3 points after four matches. The start of the season was tough for Kyiv as the team lost to "Epicenter" - 0:3, followed by three consecutive draws - with "Bukovyna", "Kudrivka", and "Kolos". Moreover, "Obolon" has not scored a single goal in four championship matches. Between UPL matches, Kyivans were eliminated from the Ukrainian Cup, losing in the 1/32 finals to "Karpaty" - 0:2.

"Kharkiv", on the other hand, can play their 35th "clean sheet" match in the championship.

Head-to-head history: The teams have met 12 times. Currently, "Obolon" has a slight advantage with 5 wins, 3 draws, and 4 wins for "Kharkiv", goal difference - 14:25.

UPL, 5th round

Friday, September 4

13:00 "Chornomorets" — "Left Bank" - 0:0

18:00 "Polissya" — "Kudrivka" - 5:1up

Saturday, September 5

13:00 "Kharkiv" — "Obolon"

13:00 "Kryvbas" — "Kolos"

18:00 "Karpaty" — "Shakhtar"

Sunday, September 6

13:00 "Dynamo" — "LNZ"

15:30 "Veres" — "Zorya"

18:00 "Epicenter" — "Bukovyna"

"Obolon" (Kyiv). Profile

Year of establishment — 2013

Club colors — white and green

Home stadium — "Obolon Arena" (Kyiv)

President — Oleksandr Slobodian

Head coach — Oleksandr Antonenko

Official website — fc.obolon.ua

History: The football club "Obolon" in its current form was founded in 2013 under the name "Obolon-Brovar". The team went from the Second League to the elite division and debuted in UPL in the 2023/24 season. In the 2026/27 season, the "brewers" are playing their fourth consecutive season at the highest level of Ukrainian football.

Achievements: "Obolon" has won awards in the Second and First leagues of the Ukrainian championship. In 2015, the team became the silver medalist of the Second League, in 2016 - the bronze medalist of the First League, and in 2023 - the silver medalist of the First League, which allowed the club to enter UPL.

Geography: "Obolon" is a capital club representing the eponymous district of Kyiv located in the northern part of the city on the right bank of the Dnipro River.

Head coach: "Obolon" is led by 47-year-old Oleksandr Antonenko. He was born on December 29, 1978. He started his coaching career in the club's system in 2014, worked with "Obolon-Brovar-2", and later was an assistant coach of the first team. Since 2020, he has been in charge of "Obolon-2", and since June 2025, he has been the head coach of the first team.

Transfermarkt: According to the portal's current estimates, the squad of "Obolon" is valued at 6 million 680 thousand euros. There are no foreign players in Kyiv's squad, and the average age of the squad is 27 years.