Tuesday, October 13 in Krakow at the «Krakowiacy» stadium, Ukraine will play Azerbaijan in the fourth round of the group stage of the 2026 World Cup qualification (kickoff at 9:45 PM Kyiv time).

Starting lineup for the Ukrainian national team: 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 2. Yuhym Konoplia, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 22. Mykola Matviienko (c), 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 18. Yegor Yamoluk, 8. Ruslan Malinovskiy, 15. Oleksii Ocheretnyk, 19. Nazar Voloshyn, 9. Oleksiy Hushchylak, 11. Artem Dovbyk.

Substitutes: 1. Georgi Bushchan, 3. Bohdan Mykhailichenko, 4. Oleksandr Svytok, 5. Valeriy Bondar, 6. Volodymyr Bhrachko, 7. Vladyslav Vanat, 10. Mykola Shaparenko, 14. Oleksandr Nazarenko, 17. Artem Bondarenko, 20. Vladyslav Velyten, 21. Ivan Kaliuzhnyi, 23. Dmytro Riznyk.

Photo: Dan Balashov

Today's weather forecast in Krakow during the match predicts a gloomy, almost windless day with temperatures around +7 degrees Celsius.

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The blue and yellow have already played twice at the «Krakowiacy» stadium, where today's match between Ukraine and Azerbaijan will take place.

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The official program for the match between Ukraine and Azerbaijan can be viewed here.

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The referee team for today's match will be from Austria, led by Sebastian Hamsch.

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Today's match will see the Ukrainian team in blue uniforms, while Azerbaijan will wear grey.

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In the latest FIFA ranking published on September 18, today's opponent Azerbaijan is ranked 124th. The Ukrainian national team occupies the 28th position in this list.

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This evening, the Ukrainian team will take a traditional pre-match walk through picturesque Krakow.

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Today's match between Ukraine and Azerbaijan will be the fourth meeting of these teams in history. The blue and yellow have an advantage in these encounters.

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In addition to the match in Krakow, another game will take place today in our qualifying group: at Laugardalsvöllur stadium in Reykjavik, Iceland will host France (kickoff at 9:45 PM Kyiv time).

Ukraine's squad for the match against Azerbaijan (by numbers)

1. Georgi Bushchan, 2. Yuhym Konoplia, 3. Bohdan Mykhailichenko, 4. Oleksandr Svytok, 5. Valeriy Bondar, 6. Volodymyr Bhrachko, 7. Vladyslav Vanat, 8. Ruslan Malinovskiy, 9. Oleksiy Hushchylak, 10. Mykola Shaparenko, 11. Artem Dovbyk, 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Oleksandr Nazarenko, 15. Oleksii Ocheretnyk, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 17. Artem Bondarenko, 18. Yegor Yamoluk, 19. Nazar Voloshyn, 20. Vladyslav Velyten, 21. Ivan Kaliuzhnyi, 22. Mykola Matviienko, 23. Dmytro Riznyk.