Tuesday, September 9 in Baku at the Republican Stadium named after Tofig Bahramov, a match of the second round of the group stage of the qualification for the 2026 World Cup in Group D between Azerbaijan and Ukraine will take place (kickoff at 7:00 PM Kyiv time).

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Starting lineup of the Ukrainian national team: 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 22. Mykola Matviyenko (captain), 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 2. Yuhym Konoplia, 6. Ivan Kalyuzhnyi, 14. Oleg Ocheretko, 19. Artem Bondarenko, 8. Georgiy Sudakov, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 7. Vladyslav Vanat.

Reserves: 1. Georgiy Bushchan, 3. Taras Mykhavko, 4. Oleksandr Svatos, 5. Valeriy Bondar, 9. Oleksii Hushchylak, 10. Mykola Shaparenko, 11. Artem Dovbik, 15. Bohdan Mikhailichenko, 16. Nazar Voloshyn, 18. Yegor Yamoluk, 21. Oleksandr Nazarenko, 23. Dmitro Riznyk.

Of the players who are in Baku, Vladyslav Dubynchak did not make it into the lineup.

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The broadcast of today's match will be provided by MEGOGO media service in the "Football" section under "Sports," on the channel "MEGOGO Football First" and on a separate pop-up channel in the "Television" section.

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The blue-and-yellow team has already played once at the Republican Stadium named after Tofig Bahramov, where today's match between Azerbaijan and Ukraine will take place.

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Today in Baku, during the match, meteorologists predict a hot and almost windless weather with temperatures reaching +28 degrees Celsius.

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In the FIFA ranking published on July 10, our opponent today, Azerbaijan's team, is ranked 122nd. The Ukrainian national team is placed at 26th position in this register.

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Today's match will be refereed by a refereeing team from Greece, led by Vassilis Fotiades.

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Today's match between Azerbaijan and Ukraine will be the third meeting of these teams in history. The blue-and-yellow team has an advantage in these confrontations with a better record.

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In addition to the match in Baku, another game will take place today in our qualifying group: at Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris, France's national team will host Iceland (kickoff at 9:45 PM Kyiv time).

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Today's match the Ukrainian national team will play in yellow kits. The Azerbaijan team will wear blue.

Photo: Dan Balashov

Ukrainian national team's lineup for the match against Azerbaijan (by numbers)

1. Georgiy Bushchan, 2. Yuhym Konoplia, 3. Taras Mykhavko, 4. Oleksandr Svatos, 5. Valeriy Bondar, 6. Ivan Kalyuzhnyi, 7. Vladyslav Vanat, 8. Georgiy Sudakov, 9. Oleksii Hushchylak, 10. Mykola Shaparenko, 11. Artem Dovbik, 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Oleg Ocheretko, 15. Bohdan Mikhailichenko, 16. Nazar Voloshyn, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 18. Yegor Yamoluk, 19. Artem Bondarenko, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Oleksandr Nazarenko, 22. Mykola Matviyenko, 23. Dmitro Riznyk.

Of the players who are in Baku, Vladyslav Dubynchak did not make it into the lineup.