Today in Krakow at the «Krakowiacy» stadium, Ukraine's national team will play their last group stage match of the 2022/2023 Nations League against Scotland (kickoff is at 9:45 PM Kyiv time).

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Starting lineup for Ukraine's national team: 12. Andriy Lunin, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 22. Mykhailo Matviienko, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 18. Oleksandr Timchik, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 8. Ruslan Malinovskii, 14. Danylo Ignatyenko, 10. Mykhailo Mudryk, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko (c), 11. Artem Dovbyk.

Substitutes: 1. Ihor Volynets, 2. Valeriy Bondar, 3. Bohdan Mikhaylichenko, 4. Serhiy Kryvtsov, 5. Eduard Saрапій, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 17. Oleksandr Pichalenko, 19. Taras Kachaраба, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 23. Dmytro Riznyk.

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For today's match, the refereeing crew from Greece led by 43-year-old Anastasios Sidiropoulos will officiate.

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Live broadcast of today's match in Ukraine will take place within the «United News» information marathon on TV channels ICTV, «Inter», «1+1» and «Suspilne», which are broadcast through cable operators' networks, OTT platforms, digital television network T2, and the YouTube channel of the Ukrainian Football Association.

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Today's match is expected to be a sellout (the «Krakowiacy» stadium accommodates slightly more than 15,000 spectators). The Scottish team will have around 3,000 supporters. The game will be covered by 65 journalists and 30 photographers.

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Interestingly, Ukraine's national team has already played one match at the «Krakowiacy» stadium. It was a victorious one in the Nations League.

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In their last ten away matches, today's opponent, Scotland's national team, has lost only twice — to Denmark (0-2) and Ireland (0-3).

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This morning, Ukraine's national team held a 30-minute warm-up on the pitch of Krakow's «Wisia» stadium.

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In their history, Ukraine's national team has faced Scotland's team four times. Two matches were in the qualification tournament for Euro 2008, one — in the semifinal of the playoff qualifier for the World Cup 2022, and another — in the current Nations League tournament.

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In the ranking published on August 25, today's opponent, Scotland's team, is ranked 45th. Ukraine's national team occupies the 25th position in this ranking.

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Today's match is expected to be a sellout (the «Krakowiacy» stadium accommodates slightly more than 15,000 spectators). The Scottish team will have around 3,000 supporters. The game will be covered by 65 journalists and 30 photographers.

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Today, in our group V1 Nations League 2022/2023, a parallel match will take place in Dublin where Ireland will host Wales.

Only a victory over Scotland will allow Ukraine's national team to finish first in the group. In case of success, along with three points, the Ukrainian team will receive:

— a ticket to the elite division — League A for the 2024/2025 season;

— an additional chance to compete for a Euro 2024 qualification spot in the playoff if they do not qualify through the regular qualification process;

— a place in the second pot during the draw for the Euro 2024 qualification.

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Ukraine's national team roster for the match against Scotland (by numbers)

1. Ihor Volynets, 2. Valeriy Bondar, 3. Bohdan Mikhaylichenko, 4. Serhiy Kryvtsov, 5. Eduard Saрапій, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko, 8. Ruslan Malinovskii, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 10. Mykhailo Mudryk, 11. Artem Dovbyk, 12. Andriy Lunin, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Danylo Ignatyenko, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 17. Oleksandr Pichalenko, 18. Oleksandr Timchik, 19. Taras Kachaраба, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 22. Mykhailo Matviienko, 23. Dmytro Riznyk.

Among the players who are in Krakow, suspended midfielder Serhiy Sydorchuk did not make it to the roster for the match against Scotland.