Tuesday in Czech Prague at the Epet Arena stadium, the kickoff match of the 2024/2025 Nations League Group B1 will take place between Ukraine and Albania (kickoff time - 9:45 PM Kyiv time).

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Starting lineup of the Ukrainian national team: 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 2. Yuhym Konoplia, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 22. Mykola Matviienko (c), 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 18. Volodymyr Braichko, 10. Mykhailo Shaparenko,  14. Georgii Sudakov, 21. Vladyslav Kabaev, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 9. Roman Yaremchuk.

Substitutes: 1. Georgii Bushchan, 3. Valeriy Bondar, 4. Maxim Taloverov, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 7. Andrii Yarmolenko, 8. Ruslan Malinovskyi, 11. Vladyslav Vannat, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 19. Oleksandr Timchik, 20. Oleksandr Pichalnok, 23. Andriy Lunin.

Among the players currently in Prague, Mykhailo Mudryk did not make it to the roster.

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In their last 10 away matches, the Albanian national team has won only two games — against Hungary and the Faroe Islands.

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The broadcast of today's match will take place on local public television channels and the MEGOGO media service channel «Football First».

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At the Prague Epet Arena, where today Ukraine will host Albania, our national team has already played twice.

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Today, during the match in Prague, the weather forecast predicts dry and almost windless conditions with a temperature of +25 degrees Celsius.

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The official program for the kickoff match of Group B1 in the 2024/2025 Nations League, Ukraine — Albania, which will take place today at Prague's Epet Arena (kickoff time - 9:45 PM Kyiv time), can be downloaded here.

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Today in the early afternoon, the Ukrainian national team took a walk through one of Prague's picturesque parks.

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Today's match between Ukraine and Albania will be the seventh meeting in history. In these encounters, our team has a clear advantage.

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Today's match, Ukraine will play in yellow uniforms. The Albanians will wear red.

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In the ranking published on July 18, our opponent today, Albania's team, is ranked 66th. The Ukrainian national team occupies the 25th position in this registry.

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In addition to today's match in Prague, another game will take place in Group B1 of the 2024/2025 Nations League: Georgia will host Czech Republic at Tbilisi's Mikheil Meskhia Stadium (kickoff time - 7:00 PM Kyiv time).

Roster of the Ukrainian national team for the match against Albania (by numbers)

1. Georgii Bushchan, 2. Yuhym Konoplia, 3. Valeriy Bondar, 4. Maxim Taloverov, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 7. Andrii Yarmolenko, 8. Ruslan Malinovskyi, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 10. Mykhailo Shaparenko, 11. Vladyslav Vannat, 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Georgii Sudakov, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 18. Volodymyr Braichko, 19. Oleksandr Timchik, 20. Oleksandr Pichalnok, 21. Vladyslav Kabaev, 22. Mykola Matviienko, 23. Andriy Lunin.

Among the players currently in Prague, Mykhailo Mudryk did not make it to the roster.