Zorya Luhansk host Chornomorets in the Ukraine Premier League. Both clubs have found the last few weeks tough going, picking up more losses than wins in their most recent matches.
There's still a few weeks to go before kick-off, so form could shift a fair bit either way by then. What we can say now is that the head-to-head record between these two has tilted Zorya's way lately, even if the wider history is close.
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Recent form for both sides
Zorya's sample covers 20 matches in all competitions, including friendlies, and reads six wins, six draws and eight losses. Their last few Premier League outings have been shaky too, with defeats to Dynamo Kyiv and FC Kharkiv either side of a couple of draws.
Zorya Luhansk: 20 completed matches; Chornomorets: 20 completed matches.
Zorya Luhansk
- Win
- 30% 6 / 20
- Draw
- 30% 6 / 20
- Loss
- 40% 8 / 20
- Scored
- 31
- Conceded
- 28
- Difference
- +3
Chornomorets
- Win
- 45% 9 / 20
- Draw
- 20% 4 / 20
- Loss
- 35% 7 / 20
- Scored
- 21
- Conceded
- 22
- Difference
- -1
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | Zorya Luhansk | Dynamo Kyiv | 19.09.2026 | 0-2 |
| Premier League | Bukovyna | Zorya Luhansk | 13.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Cup | Yarud Mariupol' | Zorya Luhansk | 09.09.2026 | 0-2 |
| Premier League | Veres Rivne | Zorya Luhansk | 06.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premier League | Zorya Luhansk | FC Kharkiv | 31.08.2026 | 0-3 |
| Cup | Skala 1911 Stryi | Zorya Luhansk | 22.08.2026 | 0-6 |
| Premier League | Polessya | Zorya Luhansk | 17.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| Premier League | Zorya Luhansk | Kryvbas KR | 09.08.2026 | 1-3 |
| Premier League | Zorya Luhansk | Kolos Kovalivka | 31.07.2026 | 2-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Zorya Luhansk | Göztepe | 23.07.2026 | 1-2 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | Chornomorets | Obolon'-Brovar | 18.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premier League | Shakhtar Donetsk | Chornomorets | 14.09.2026 | 2-0 |
| Premier League | Chornomorets | Livyi Bereh | 04.09.2026 | 0-0 |
| Premier League | Chornomorets | Kryvbas KR | 30.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| Cup | Vilkhivtsi | Chornomorets | 23.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| Premier League | LNZ Cherkasy | Chornomorets | 16.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| Premier League | Chornomorets | Polessya | 02.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Kolos Kovalivka | Chornomorets | 25.07.2026 | 2-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Chornomorets | Nyva Vinnytsya | 18.07.2026 | 2-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Chornomorets | Inhulets | 10.07.2026 | 1-0 |
Chornomorets show nine wins from 20 in their broader sample, but a chunk of that comes from Persha Liga football earlier in the year rather than the top flight. Since moving into Premier League games from August onwards, they've managed just one win in six, with three defeats mixed in.
Neither team arrives with real momentum behind them.
Comparative Team Statistics: Zorya Luhansk vs Chornomorets
History between these two
These sides have met 20 times on record stretching back over a decade, and it's a fairly even split overall, with some big scorelines both ways including a 5-0 and a couple of 4-0s. More recently though, Zorya have won three of the last four meetings, including two away from home.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | Chornomorets | Zorya Luhansk | 23.08.2025 | 2-1 |
| Premier League | Zorya Luhansk | Chornomorets | 14.12.2024 | 2-1 |
| Premier League | Chornomorets | Zorya Luhansk | 10.08.2024 | 0-1 |
| Premier League | Zorya Luhansk | Chornomorets | 14.04.2024 | 1-0 |
| Cup | Chornomorets | Zorya Luhansk | 01.11.2023 | 4-1 |
| Premier League | Chornomorets | Zorya Luhansk | 30.09.2023 | 0-0 |
| Premier League | Zorya Luhansk | Chornomorets | 29.04.2023 | 3-1 |
| Premier League | Chornomorets | Zorya Luhansk | 18.10.2022 | 0-4 |
| Premier League | Zorya Luhansk | Chornomorets | 19.09.2021 | 3-0 |
| Premier League | Chornomorets | Zorya Luhansk | 04.11.2018 | 0-3 |
The long-term record is close, but recent meetings lean toward Zorya.
Where they sit in the table
Zorya are 8th with 8 points from seven games, while Chornomorets sit 12th on 5 points from six. Neither has been scoring freely: Zorya's goal difference is minus four and Chornomorets' is minus four too, just with lower totals both ways.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | LNZ Cherkasy | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5/8 | 8 |
| 8 | Zorya Luhansk | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7/11 | 8 |
| 9 | Livyi Bereh | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4/3 | 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 |
Zorya hold a modest edge in the table, but it's not a big gap.
How this one could play out
With both sides conceding regularly and not finding the net often, a tight, low-scoring game looks a reasonable shout. Zorya haven't been prolific at home this season, and Chornomorets have struggled for goals and results on the road since stepping up to this level.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Perduta | Ukraine | 35 | Defender | 176 cm | 67 kg |
| J. Bašić | Croatia | 29 | Defender | 191 cm | 82 kg |
| P. Mićin | Serbia | 28 | Midfielder | 189 cm | n/a |
| K. Dryshlyuk | Ukraine | 27 | Midfielder | 185 cm | 73 kg |
| V. Vakula | Ukraine | 27 | Midfielder | 173 cm | 68 kg |
| P. Budkivskyi | Ukraine | 34 | Attacker | 194 cm | 78 kg |
| R. Vantukh | Ukraine | 28 | Midfielder | 174 cm | 70 kg |
| B. Kushnirenko | Ukraine | 30 | Midfielder | 192 cm | 80 kg |
| N. Anđušić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29 | Midfielder | 177 | 70 |
| Jordan | Brazil | 27 | Defender | 190 cm | 82 kg |
| Juninho | Brazil | 30 | Defender | 175 cm | 70 kg |
| D. Popara | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Ruan Oliveira | Brazil | 26 | Midfielder | 176 | 68 |
| Roman Salenko | Ukraine | 21 | Midfielder | 188 | |
| I. Gorbach | Ukraine | 22 | Midfielder | 184 cm | 72 kg |
| A. Slesar | Ukraine | 21 | Midfielder | 182 cm | 70 kg |
| O. Saputin | Ukraine | 22 | Goalkeeper | 197 cm | 75 kg |
| A. JanjiÄ | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| N. Malysh | Ukraine | 23 | Midfielder | 185 | 76 |
| A. Matkevych | Ukraine | 21 | Midfielder | 182 cm | 74 kg |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Gabelok | Ukraine | 31 | Midfielder | 177 cm | 71 kg |
| O. Khoblenko | Ukraine | 32 | Attacker | 184 cm | 76 kg |
| O. Vasylyev | Ukraine | 32 | Midfielder | 186 cm | 74 kg |
| D. Yanakov | Ukraine | 27 | Attacker | 175 cm | 66 kg |
| A. Shtogrin | Ukraine | 27 | Midfielder | 182 cm | 67 kg |
| J. Šporn | Slovenia | 29 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Illia Shevtsov | Ukraine | 26 | Attacker | 182 cm | 65 kg |
| K. Popov | Ukraine | 23 | Attacker | 183 cm | 71 kg |
| V. Salyuk | Ukraine | 24 | Defender | 186 cm | 72 kg |
| Mykhailo Khromey | Ukraine | 22 | Midfielder | 172 cm | 73 kg |
| K. Sigeev | Ukraine | 22 | Midfielder | 182 cm | 67 kg |
| Yevhen Yanovich | Ukraine | 21 | Midfielder | 187 cm | n/a |
| Yevhen Danyliuk | Ukraine | 23 | Midfielder | 174 cm | 60 kg |
| V. Kalyn | Ukraine | 20 | Midfielder | 186 cm | 78 kg |
| Artem Prysiazhniuk | Ukraine | 21 | Midfielder | 180 cm | 72 kg |
| Oleksandr Pshenychnyuk | Ukraine | 20 | Midfielder | 180 cm | 68 kg |
| Y. Kaptenko | Ukraine | 18 | Midfielder | 179 cm | 76 kg |
| T. Hryhorchuk | Ukraine | 18 | Attacker | 193 cm | 80 kg |
| João Neto | Brazil | 23 | Attacker | 178 cm | n/a |
| S. Aliiev | Ukraine | 20 | Attacker | 171 cm | 61 kg |
Zorya look the slightly better-placed side right now, sitting higher in the table and with the better recent head-to-head record. But their own form has been inconsistent, and Chornomorets have shown they can be competitive even while adjusting to this level.
With nothing concrete to price up and both teams so evenly matched on the numbers available, this looks like one to watch rather than back at this stage.
Who will win?
