Ukraine vs Northern Ireland, 2021 International Friendly

· International Friendly

Ukraine

10': Oleksandr Zubkov

FT
1 - 0

Northern Ireland

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Ukraine are hosting Northern Ireland at Dnipro Arena, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, starting on . The match is a part of the International Friendly.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Attempt missed. Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Roman Yaremchuk.
9': Attempt saved. Roman Yaremchuk (Ukraine) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Oleksandr Zubkov.
10': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Bailey Peacock-Farrell.
10': Goal! Ukraine 1, Northern Ireland 0. Oleksandr Zubkov (Ukraine) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Oleksandr Karavaev with a cross following a corner.
15': Attempt blocked. Roman Yaremchuk (Ukraine) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
16': Attempt missed. Ruslan Malinovskiy (Ukraine) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Vitalii Mykolenko.
17': Foul by Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine).
17': George Saville (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Foul by Ruslan Malinovskiy (Ukraine).
18': Patrick McNair (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Offside, Ukraine. Georgi Bushchan tries a through ball, but Oleksandr Zubkov is caught offside.
24': Foul by Josh Magennis (Northern Ireland).
24': Illia Zabarnyi (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Attempt missed. Roman Yaremchuk (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ruslan Malinovskiy.
30': Foul by Niall McGinn (Northern Ireland).
30': Ruslan Malinovskiy (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
31': Attempt missed. Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Roman Yaremchuk.
32': Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick on the right wing.
32': Foul by Shane Ferguson (Northern Ireland).
33': Attempt blocked. Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
36': Foul by Vitalii Mykolenko (Ukraine).
36': Niall McGinn (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
36': Attempt saved. Ciaron Brown (Northern Ireland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Patrick McNair with a cross.
37': Corner, Northern Ireland. Conceded by Roman Yaremchuk.
37': Foul by Shane Ferguson (Northern Ireland).
37': Oleksandr Karavaev (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40': Foul by Mykola Matvienko (Ukraine).
40': Niall McGinn (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
43': Attempt missed. Mykola Shaparenko (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Oleksandr Zubkov.
45': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Ciaron Brown.
45'+1': Attempt saved. Serhiy Sydorchuk (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ruslan Malinovskiy.
45'+1': First Half ends, Ukraine 1, Northern Ireland 0.
45': Second Half begins Ukraine 1, Northern Ireland 0.
45': Substitution, Northern Ireland. Jordan Thompson replaces Niall McGinn.
45': Substitution, Ukraine. Artem Besedin replaces Roman Yaremchuk.
45': Substitution, Ukraine. Marlos Romero Bonfim replaces Oleksandr Zubkov.
46': Foul by Artem Besedin (Ukraine).
46': Jordan Thompson (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
48': Foul by Artem Besedin (Ukraine).
48': George Saville (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
51': Attempt blocked. Josh Magennis (Northern Ireland) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Danny Ballard.
54': Foul by Serhiy Sydorchuk (Ukraine).
54': Jordan Thompson (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
54': Corner, Northern Ireland. Conceded by Mykola Shaparenko.
55': Foul by Danny Ballard (Northern Ireland).
55': Oleksandr Karavaev (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
61': Substitution, Northern Ireland. Kyle Lafferty replaces Josh Magennis.
61': Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
61': Foul by Jordan Thompson (Northern Ireland).
63': Attempt missed. Ruslan Malinovskiy (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
63': Foul by Kyle Lafferty (Northern Ireland).
63': Mykola Matvienko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64': Foul by Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine).
64': Shane Ferguson (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
66': Attempt missed. Alistair McCann (Northern Ireland) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Stuart Dallas with a cross.
66': Attempt blocked. Mykola Shaparenko (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Serhiy Sydorchuk.
67': Foul by Artem Besedin (Ukraine).
67': George Saville (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67': Alistair McCann (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
67': Foul by Serhiy Sydorchuk (Ukraine).
68': Substitution, Northern Ireland. Paul Smyth replaces Shane Ferguson.
72': Attempt missed. Paul Smyth (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kyle Lafferty.
72': Substitution, Ukraine. Heorhii Sudakov replaces Mykola Shaparenko.
73': Attempt saved. Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Heorhii Sudakov.
73': Attempt missed. Heorhii Sudakov (Ukraine) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left.
76': Substitution, Ukraine. Taras Stepanenko replaces Serhiy Sydorchuk.
77': Offside, Northern Ireland. Danny Ballard tries a through ball, but Kyle Lafferty is caught offside.
79': Attempt blocked. Ruslan Malinovskiy (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
79': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Danny Ballard.
81': Attempt missed. Patrick McNair (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Alistair McCann with a cross.
81': Substitution, Northern Ireland. Gavin Whyte replaces Alistair McCann.
82': Foul by Artem Besedin (Ukraine).
82': Gavin Whyte (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87': Attempt blocked. Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
87': Bailey Peacock-Farrell (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87': Foul by Artem Besedin (Ukraine).
89': Substitution, Northern Ireland. Sam McClelland replaces Ciaron Brown.
89': Substitution, Northern Ireland. Dion Charles replaces Stuart Dallas.
90': Attempt missed. Marlos Romero Bonfim (Ukraine) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Heorhii Sudakov.
90': Offside, Ukraine. Marlos Romero Bonfim tries a through ball, but Artem Besedin is caught offside.
90'+1': Foul by Vitalii Mykolenko (Ukraine).
90'+1': Patrick McNair (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Corner, Northern Ireland. Conceded by Mykola Matvienko.
90'+2': Foul by Artem Besedin (Ukraine).
90'+2': Gavin Whyte (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+2': Artem Besedin (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+3': Patrick McNair (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card.
90'+3': Attempt missed. Patrick McNair (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
90'+3': Attempt missed. Marlos Romero Bonfim (Ukraine) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Andriy Yarmolenko.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Ukraine 1, Northern Ireland 0.
0': Match ends, Ukraine 1, Northern Ireland 0.

Statistics

NIR		UKR
7	Fouls	14
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	2
3	Corner Kicks	3
3	Saves	1
37.4	Possession	62.6
6	SHOTS	18
1	ON GOAL	4
0.2	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
291	Accurate Passes	553
357	Passes	628
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
6	Accurate Crosses	1
20	Crosses	6
0.3	Cross %	0.2
46	Long Balls	57
18	Accurate Long Balls	36
0.4	Long Balls %	0.6
1	Blocked Shots	5
4	Effective Tackles	11
9	Tackles	13
0.4	Tackle %	0.8
17	Interceptions	2
10	Effective Clearances	13
10	Clearances	13

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue: Dnipro Arena
Location: Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Attendance: 15,000

Line-Ups

Ukraine (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Georgiy Bushchan (GK)
22	Mykola Matviyenko
13	Illia Zabarnyi
5	Serhiy Sydorchuk
16	Vitaliy Mykolenko
21	Oleksandr Karavaev
10	Mykola Shaparenko
8	Ruslan Malinovskyi
20	Oleksandr Zubkov
7	Andriy Yarmolenko
9	Roman Yaremchuk

Ukraine Substitutes:

Serhiy Kryvtsov, Georgiy Sudakov, Yevhen Makarenko, Roman Bezus, Taras Stepanenko, Anatoliy Trubin, Artem Dovbyk, Andriy Pyatov, Bogdan Lednev, Artem Besedin, Marlos, Denys Popov.

Northern Ireland (5-3-2)

No.	Name
1	Bailey Peacock-Farrell (GK)
20	Craig Cathcart
5	Ciaron Brown
23	Danny Ballard
11	Shane Ferguson
14	Stuart Dallas
16	Alistair McCann
6	George Saville
17	Paddy McNair
7	Niall McGinn
21	Josh Magennis

Northern Ireland Substitutes:

Jordan Thompson, Gavin Whyte, Conor Bradley, Dion Charles, Liam Boyce, Alfie McCalmont, Sam Mcclelland, Ethan Galbraith, Kyle Lafferty, Paul Smyth, Liam Hughes.

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