Veres Rivne host Kolos Kovalivka in the Ukraine Premier League. Neither side has been finding much consistency this season, mixing wins with plenty of draws and losses along the way.
This one is still a month off, so there's no fresh team news to speak of yet. What we do have is a decent run of recent form and a long head-to-head history to work through.
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Recent form
Look at the wider sample of twenty games each side has played this year and Kolos Kovalivka actually come out ahead, winning nine to Veres Rivne's six, though that spread covers friendlies and cup ties as well as league fixtures.
Veres Rivne: 20 completed matches; Kolos Kovalivka: 20 completed matches.
Veres Rivne
- Win
- 30% 6 / 20
- Draw
- 40% 8 / 20
- Loss
- 30% 6 / 20
- Scored
- 28
- Conceded
- 26
- Difference
- +2
Kolos Kovalivka
- Win
- 45% 9 / 20
- Draw
- 25% 5 / 20
- Loss
- 30% 6 / 20
- Scored
- 32
- Conceded
- 23
- Difference
- +9
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | Karpaty | Veres Rivne | 20.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Cup | Kulykiv | Veres Rivne | 16.09.2026 | 0-1 |
| Premier League | Veres Rivne | Zorya Luhansk | 06.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premier League | LNZ Cherkasy | Veres Rivne | 30.08.2026 | 0-1 |
| Cup | Inhulets | Veres Rivne | 22.08.2026 | 1-4 |
| Premier League | Epitsentr Dunayivtsi | Veres Rivne | 14.08.2026 | 0-0 |
| Premier League | Veres Rivne | Dynamo Kyiv | 09.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| Premier League | FC Kharkiv | Veres Rivne | 01.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Karpaty | Veres Rivne | 25.07.2026 | 5-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Veres Rivne | Nyva Ternopil | 18.07.2026 | 1-1 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | Kudrivka | Kolos Kovalivka | 20.09.2026 | 2-3 |
| Cup | Kolos Kovalivka | Karpaty | 16.09.2026 | 2-3 |
| Premier League | Kolos Kovalivka | Karpaty | 11.09.2026 | 0-2 |
| Premier League | Kryvbas KR | Kolos Kovalivka | 05.09.2026 | 2-2 |
| Premier League | Kolos Kovalivka | Obolon'-Brovar | 28.08.2026 | 0-0 |
| Cup | UCSA | Kolos Kovalivka | 22.08.2026 | 0-3 |
| Premier League | Dynamo Kyiv | Kolos Kovalivka | 16.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| Premier League | Zorya Luhansk | Kolos Kovalivka | 31.07.2026 | 2-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Kolos Kovalivka | Chornomorets | 25.07.2026 | 2-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Kolos Kovalivka | Oleksandria | 18.07.2026 | 2-1 |
In the league alone, both have cooled off lately. Veres have drawn three of their last six matches, while Kolos have lost three of their last six, including a home defeat to Karpaty and a loss at Zorya Luhansk.
Neither team is arriving with any real momentum in league games specifically.
Comparative Team Statistics: Veres Rivne vs Kolos Kovalivka

Head-to-head record
These two have met close to twenty times down the years, stretching back to 2015 across various competitions. The recent meetings have leaned towards the visitors: Kolos Kovalivka have won four of the last six, including a 3-0 friendly win and a 1-0 league win in March, with Veres managing only one victory in that stretch, back in March 2025.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendlies Clubs | Veres Rivne | Kolos Kovalivka | 10.07.2026 | 2-3 |
| Premier League | Veres Rivne | Kolos Kovalivka | 22.03.2026 | 0-1 |
| Premier League | Kolos Kovalivka | Veres Rivne | 20.09.2025 | 0-0 |
| Premier League | Veres Rivne | Kolos Kovalivka | 02.03.2025 | 2-1 |
| Premier League | Kolos Kovalivka | Veres Rivne | 26.08.2024 | 0-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Veres Rivne | Kolos Kovalivka | 21.07.2024 | 0-3 |
| Premier League | Veres Rivne | Kolos Kovalivka | 25.02.2024 | 0-2 |
| Premier League | Kolos Kovalivka | Veres Rivne | 12.08.2023 | 2-0 |
| Premier League | Veres Rivne | Kolos Kovalivka | 08.05.2023 | 0-1 |
| Premier League | Kolos Kovalivka | Veres Rivne | 31.10.2022 | 2-0 |
History slightly favours Kolos Kovalivka, even if the underlying form doesn't.
Where they stand
It's still early days in this Ukrainian top flight campaign, just six games in for each side. Veres sit 11th with six points from one win, three draws and two losses, while Kolos are just below in 13th on five points, having won once, drawn twice and lost three times while shipping ten goals already.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Bukovyna | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4/6 | 7 |
| 11 | Veres Rivne | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4/5 | 6 |
| 12 | Chornomorets | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3/7 | 5 |
| 13 | Kolos Kovalivka | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6/10 | 5 |
| 14 | Kryvbas KR | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7/10 | 5 |
Both are stuck in the bottom half early on, but there's a long way to go this season.

Squad news
There's no injury information available this far from kickoff, but a few Kolos Kovalivka names are worth watching. Ndukwe, Salabay and Goncharenko have all picked up two yellow cards apiece in their last five appearances, so a repeat of that pattern could put one or two of them a booking away from missing this game.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G. Kutsia | Georgia | 26 | Midfielder | 175 cm | 61 kg |
| I. Kharatin | Ukraine | 31 | Midfielder | 188 cm | 76 kg |
| D. Klyots | Ukraine | 30 | Midfielder | 174 cm | 69 kg |
| V. Sharay | Ukraine | 29 | Midfielder | 174 cm | 70 kg |
| R. Goncharenko | Ukraine | 32 | Defender | 183 cm | 72 kg |
| K. Cipot | Slovenia | 25 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| V. Boyko | Ukraine | 28 | Midfielder | 183 cm | 75 kg |
| K. Stamoulis | Greece | 25 | Defender | 173 | 64 |
| V. Kucherov | Ukraine | 33 | Midfielder | 175 cm | 69 kg |
| V. Gorokh | Ukraine | 25 | Goalkeeper | 187 cm | 81 kg |
| S. Nongoh | Cameroon | 22 | Midfielder | 170 cm | 68 kg |
| S. Vovchenko | Ukraine | 27 | Defender | 187 cm | 86 kg |
| D. Ndukwe | Ukraine | 26 | Attacker | 180 cm | 76 kg |
| S. Sten | Ukraine | 24 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| M. Smiyan | Ukraine | 24 | Defender | 180 cm | 74 kg |
| E. Aydın | Türkiye | 23 | Attacker | 183 | n/a |
| M. Protasevych | Ukraine | 21 | Midfielder | 178 cm | 74 kg |
| D. Godya | Ukraine | 21 | Midfielder | 170 cm | 61 kg |
| S. Korniychuk | Ukraine | 22 | Defender | 180 cm | 72 kg |
| Alagie Wally | n/a | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Kane | Mali | 26 | Attacker | 175 cm | 60 kg |
| A. Rrapaj | Albania | 25 | Midfielder | 170 cm | 72 kg |
| A. Tsurikov | Ukraine | 34 | Defender | 185 cm | 78 kg |
| Y. Klymchuk | Ukraine | 29 | Attacker | 178 cm | 69 kg |
| R. Goncharenko | Ukraine | 32 | Defender | 183 cm | 72 kg |
| Elias Telles | Brazil | 28 | Midfielder | 181 cm | 77 kg |
| O. Demchenko | Ukraine | 30 | Midfielder | 181 cm | 75 kg |
| A. Ponedelnik | Ukraine | 29 | Defender | 181 cm | 77 kg |
| E. Kozik | Ukraine | 23 | Defender | 185 cm | 85 kg |
| V. Morgun | Ukraine | 25 | Goalkeeper | 192 | 88 |
| D. Ndukwe | Ukraine | 26 | Attacker | 180 cm | 76 kg |
| A. Tahiri | Kosovo | 23 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| A. Salabay | Ukraine | 24 | Attacker | 187 cm | 74 kg |
| D. Khrypchuk | Ukraine | 22 | Midfielder | 192 cm | 78 kg |
| I. Kasalla | Albania | 24 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Daniil Denysenko | Ukraine | 20 | Midfielder | 177 cm | 70 kg |
Put it all together and this doesn't look like a fixture with an obvious lean. Veres Rivne's home form has been draw-heavy rather than convincing, and Kolos Kovalivka's league form has dipped even as their broader results elsewhere held up better.
The head-to-head record gives Kolos a bit of recent bragging rights, but it's not enough on its own to build a confident case, especially this far out from kickoff and without any market context to test it against. Best to sit this one out for now.
