Ukraine 2-1 Azerbaijan
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Ukraine won: Ukraine 2-1 Azerbaijan in the World Cup Qualifying · UEFA (Round 4) on Mon, 13 Oct 2025 at Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego, Kraków. Ukraine goals: Oleksiy Hutsuliak 30', Ruslan Malinovsky 64'. Azerbaijan goals: Vitaliy Mykolenko 45'+3 (og). Expected goals: 2.72-1.10. Possession: 57-43. Player of the match: Ruslan Malinovsky (8.8).
Match report
Ukraine beat Azerbaijan 2-1
Ukraine squeezed past Azerbaijan 2-1 at Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego on Monday 13 October in the World Cup Qualifying · UEFA.
Oleksiy Hutsuliak put Ukraine ahead on 30' (1-0), an own goal by Vitaliy Mykolenko levelled for Azerbaijan on 45+3' (1-1) and Ruslan Malinovsky restored Ukraine's lead on 64' (2-1).
Ukraine had 57% of the ball, shots were 22-8 (7-2 on target) and expected goals finished 2.72-1.10. Ukraine were the better side on chances, too.
Ruslan Malinovsky (Ukraine) was player of the match with an 8.8 rating.
Attendance: 6,995. Referee: Sebastian Gishamer.
Match stats
| Ukraine | Azerbaijan | |
|---|---|---|
| Ball possession | 57 | 43 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 2.72 | 1.10 |
| Total shots | 22 | 8 |
| Shots on target | 7 | 2 |
| Touches in opposition box | 28 | 9 |
| Big chances | 3 | 2 |
| Big chances missed | 1 | 2 |
| Accurate passes | 442 (85%) | 324 (80%) |
| Yellow cards | 3 | 1 |
| Corners | 7 | 1 |
| Total shots | 22 | 8 |
| Shots off target | 11 | 5 |
| Shots on target | 7 | 2 |
| Blocked shots | 4 | 1 |
| Hit woodwork | 1 | 0 |
| Shots inside box | 10 | 2 |
Lineups
Ukraine (4-5-1): Anatoliy Trubin, Yukhym Konoplya, Ilya Zabarnyi, Mykola Matviyenko, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Oleksiy Hutsuliak, Ruslan Malinovsky, Yehor Yarmoliuk, Oleg Ocheretko, Nazar Voloshyn, Artem Dovbyk
Azerbaijan (5-4-1): Sahruddin Mahammadaliyev, Anton Krivotsyuk, Bahlul Mustafazada, Elvin Badalov, Abbas Hüseynov, Elvin Cafarquliyev, Tural Bayramov, Abdulakh Khaybulaev, Emin Makhmudov, Anatoliy Nuriyev, Nariman Akhundzada
Key events
- 30' · Goal · Oleksiy Hutsuliak (Ukraine)
- 45'+1 · Yellow card · Sahruddin Mahammadaliyev (Azerbaijan)
- 45'+1 · Yellow card · Ruslan Malinovsky (Ukraine)
- 45'+3 · Goal · Vitaliy Mykolenko (Azerbaijan)
- 46' · Substitution · Bogdan Mykhaylychenko for Yukhym Konoplya (Ukraine)
- 50' · Yellow card · Bogdan Mykhaylychenko (Ukraine)
- 61' · Substitution · Musa Qurbanli for Anatoliy Nuriyev (Azerbaijan)
- 64' · Goal · Ruslan Malinovsky (Ukraine)
- 71' · Substitution · Artem Bondarenko for Oleg Ocheretko (Ukraine)
- 71' · Substitution · Mykola Shaparenko for Ruslan Malinovsky (Ukraine)
- 85' · Substitution · Valeriy Bondar for Yehor Yarmoliuk (Ukraine)
- 85' · Substitution · Ivan Kaliuzhnyi for Oleksiy Hutsuliak (Ukraine)
- 85' · Substitution · Rüstam Ahmadzada for Tural Bayramov (Azerbaijan)
- 85' · Substitution · Mahir Emreli for Nariman Akhundzada (Azerbaijan)
- 85' · Substitution · Qismat Aliyev for Abbas Hüseynov (Azerbaijan)
- 90'+2 · Substitution · Murad Xaçayev for Abdulakh Khaybulaev (Azerbaijan)
- 90'+2 · Yellow card · Artem Bondarenko (Ukraine)
All-time head-to-head
Questions
Who won Ukraine vs Azerbaijan?
Ukraine won, 2-1 (World Cup Qualifying · UEFA) on Mon, 13 Oct 2025.
When and where is Ukraine vs Azerbaijan?
Mon, 13 Oct 2025, 18:45 UTC at Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego, Kraków, World Cup Qualifying · UEFA.