Today in Tirana at the Air Albania stadium a match of the final round of the group stage of the UEFA Nations League-2024/2025, Group B1: Albania — Ukraine (kick-off at 9:45 PM Kyiv time).

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Starting lineup of the Ukraine national team: 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 22. Mykhailo Matviienko (c), 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 2. Yurim Konoplia, 21. Ivan Kaliuzhnyi, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 8. Georgii Sudakov, 7. Mykhailo Mudryk, 19. Oleksiy Hutsulyak, 9. Roman Yaremchuk.

Substitutes: 1. Georgii Bushchan, 3. Oleksii Syts, 4. Maxim Talovoyev, 5. Valeriy Bondar, 6. Volodymyr Brazyko, 10. Mykhailo Shaparenko, 11. Artem Dovbik, 14. Oleksandr Nazarenko, 15. Dmitro Kryskiv, 18. Yegor Yamoluk, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 23. Dmitro Riznyk.

Of the players who are in Tirana, Vladyslav Vanat did not make it into the squad.

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

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The match will be officiated by a Portuguese referee team led by Joao Pinheiro.

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Our team has not played at Air Albania stadium before. However, the location where the arena is situated is familiar to the Ukraine national team.

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A few hours before the match, let's get to know today's version of Albania national team a bit better.

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Of their last 10 home matches, the Albania national team lost only two…

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In the ranking published by FIFA on October 24, our today's opponent, Albania national team, is ranked 65th. The Ukraine national team holds the 25th position in this list.

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Today's weather forecast in Tirana during the match predicts a gloomy, almost windless day with rain and temperatures around +14 degrees Celsius.

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Today's match between Albania — Ukraine will be the eighth meeting of these rivals in history: our team has a significant advantage in these encounters.

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Today's match, the Ukraine national team will play in yellow kits. The Albanians will wear red.

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In addition to today's match, another game in Group B1 of the UEFA Nations League-2024/2025 will take place today: at Andruv Stadium in Olomouc, Czech Republic national team will host Georgia (kick-off at 9:45 PM Kyiv time).

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Ukraine national team's squad for the match against Albania (by numbers)

1. Georgii Bushchan, 2. Yurim Konoplia, 3. Oleksii Syts, 4. Maxim Talovoyev, 5. Valeriy Bondar, 6. Volodymyr Brazyko, 7. Mykhailo Mudryk, 8. Georgii Sudakov, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 10. Mykhailo Shaparenko, 11. Artem Dovbik, 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Oleksandr Nazarenko, 15. Dmitro Kryskiv, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 18. Yegor Yamoluk, 19. Oleksiy Hutsulyak, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Ivan Kaliuzhnyi, 22. Mykhailo Matviienko, 23. Dmitro Riznyk.

Of the players who are in Tirana, Vladyslav Vanat did not make it into the squad.