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Ukraine vs N Ireland: match report

Ukraine hosted Northern Ireland at City Arena - Stadión Antona Malatinského on Friday 2 October 2026, in the Nations League (round 3). Jasper Vergoote is the referee, averaging 3.3 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Ukraine 0-3 N Ireland. Goals: Ciaron Brown 9' for N Ireland; Isaac Price 22' for N Ireland; Ciaron Brown 61' for N Ireland. Attendance: 7,080.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 9' Goal: Ciaron Brown (N Ireland) 0-1
  • 22' Goal: Isaac Price (N Ireland) 0-2
  • 57' Yellow card: Mykola Matviyenko (Ukraine)
  • 61' Goal: Ciaron Brown (N Ireland) 0-3
  • 64' Yellow card: Brodie Spencer (N Ireland)
  • 88' Yellow card: Matvii Ponomarenko (Ukraine)
  • 88' Yellow card: Danylo Sikan (Ukraine)
Match stats (contains the result)
72.4%Possession27.6%
11Shots10
2Shots on target3
7Corners1
15Fouls4
0Offsides0
0Saves2
3Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Ukraine 4-1-4-1

Coach: Andrea Maldera

  1. 23 Dmytro Riznyk GK
  2. 5 Valeriy Bondar DEF
  3. 13 Ilya Zabarnyi DEF
  4. 3 Eduard Sarapiy DEF
  5. 22 Mykola Matviyenko DEF
  6. 6 Volodymyr Brazhko MID
  7. 7 Andriy Yarmolenko FWD
  8. 18 Oleg Ocheretko MID
  9. 15 Viktor Tsigankov FWD
  10. 8 Georgiy Sudakov MID
  11. 9 Roman Yaremchuk FWD

Bench

  • 19 Yegor Nazaryna MID
  • 14 Danylo Sikan FWD
  • 11 Matviy Ponomarenko FWD
  • 20 Oleksandr Zubkov FWD
  • 17 Oleksandr Nazarenko FWD
  • 12 Anatoliy Trubin GK
  • 1 Georgiy Yermakov GK
  • 2 Illia Krupskyi DEF
  • 4 Taras Mykhavko DEF
  • 16 Ivan Varfolomeev MID
  • 10 Mykola Shaparenko MID
  • 21 Igor Krasnopir FWD

N Ireland 5-4-1

Coach: Michael O'Neill

  1. 1 Pierce Charles GK
  2. 4 Tom Atcheson DEF
  3. 15 Ruairi McConville DEF
  4. 22 Ciaron Brown DEF
  5. 20 Brodie Spencer DEF
  6. 2 Terry Devlin DEF
  7. 7 Kieran Morrison FWD
  8. 5 Trai Hume DEF
  9. 19 Shea Charles MID
  10. 14 Isaac Price MID
  11. 10 Jamie Donley MID

Bench

  • 3 Justin Devenny MID
  • 16 Patrick Kelly MID
  • 21 Josh Magennis FWD
  • 17 Paddy McNair DEF
  • 8 Ceadach O'Neill FWD
  • 23 Bailey Peacock-Farrell GK
  • 12 Conor Hazard GK
  • 13 Michael Forbes DEF
  • 6 Jordan Thompson MID
  • 11 Paul Smyth MID
  • 18 Braiden Graham FWD
  • 9 Dion Charles FWD
Previous meetings
  • Thursday 3 June 2021: Ukraine 1-0 Northern Ireland
  • Thursday 16 June 2016: Ukraine 0-2 Northern Ireland
  • Saturday 6 September 2003: Ukraine 0-0 Northern Ireland
  • Wednesday 16 October 2002: Northern Ireland 0-0 Ukraine