Two matches on Friday will begin the new season of the Ukrainian Premier League. The starting tour program will last three days.
The start of the championship of Ukraine is planned in the capital. Newcomer championship – Kiev “Obolon” – at home arena will take “Spike” from Kovalevka. The match will start at 17:00.
At 19:00, the starting whistle will sound in the match of the absolute debutant of the UPL. “Polesie” Zhytomyr will play a nominally away match against “Veres” from Rivne at the “Central” stadium in their native city. The next two matches will take place on Saturday.
At 15:00 Lviv “Rukh” will start the match against “Zorya” from Lugansk. In two hours, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv will take an exam against the reigning champions Shakhtar Donetsk. This match will be played in the vicinity of Kyiv.
On Sunday, the Cherkasy LNZ will start in the Premier League with a home match against Chornomorets from Odessa at 13:00. Further Kiev “Dynamo” will take Zakarpattia “Mynay” (17:00).
The match between Vorskla Poltava and Dnipro-1 was postponed due to the participation of both teams in European competitions. The home matches of Obolon, Veres, Metallist 1925, LNZ and Oleksandriya will be shown on four OTT platforms – MEGOGO, Kyivstar TV, Volia TV and Setanta Sports. The match “Dynamo” against “Minaj” will be broadcast on the air of the TV channel “2 + 2”.
List of matches of the 1st round of the Premier League:
- Obolon – Kolos, July 28, 17:00
- “Veres” – “Polesie”, July 28, 19:00
- “Rukh” – “Dawn”, July 29, 15:00
- Metalist 1925 – Shakhtar, July 29, 17:00
- LNZ – ”Chernomorets”, July 30, 13:00
- “Dynamo” – “Minaj”, July 30, 17:00
- Oleksandria – Kryvbas, July 30, 19:00
By the way, earlier we collected the top five most high-profile UPL summer transfers in a special selection.
Source : RBC