Match announcement: Krivbas - Kharkiv by "Champion"
"Champion" in the traditional announcement presents the match "Kryvbas" - "Kharkiv" of the 6th round, which will take place on Saturday, 12.09.2026 at 13:00 in Kryvyi Rih at the "Hirnyk" stadium.
The match in Kryvyi Rih will be one of the central ones in the 6th round. Kryvbas will play their second home match in a row. In the previous round, Patrick van Leuven's team lost to Kolos, conceding a goal in injury time. Moreover, the Kryvyi Rih team played with a numerical advantage.
Before the match with Kharkiv, the "red and black" team won in the 1/16 finals of the Ukrainian Cup, defeating the amateur team Olympiya (2:0).
The guests are on a three-match winning streak: two victories in the championship and one in the Ukrainian Cup. In these matches, the Kharkiv players scored 17 goals against their opponents without conceding any. The match against Kryvbas will be a good test of Mladen Bartulovich's team's ambitions.
In the previous head-to-head meetings, Kryvbas won four out of six matches. Kharkiv has one away victory against the opponent, achieved in 2022. Another match ended in a draw.
