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Matchday

UEFA Nations League 26/27 · 2 Oct 2026

Ukraine 0–3 Northern Ireland

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Sep 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.6 – 1.0
Actual xG
0.4 – 1.3
Goals
0 – 3

Footybot made Ukraine favourites at 52%.

Northern Ireland won and made the better chances: 1.3 xG to 0.4.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Ilya Zabarnyi, 83.7 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Ilya Zabarnyi +28.8, Isaac Price +22.8, Ciaron Brown +20.3.

Well below it: Dmytro Riznyk −27.4, Shea Charles −9.7, Roman Yaremchuk −8.5.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Ukraine

28 Sep 2026D 0–0at Georgia UEFA Nations League
25 Sep 2026W 1–0at Hungary UEFA Nations League
31 May 2026W 2–0at Poland International Friendlies
31 Mar 2026W 1–0v Albania International Friendlies
26 Mar 2026L 1–3v Sweden World Cup Qualification UEFA

Northern Ireland

28 Sep 2026D 0–0v Hungary UEFA Nations League
25 Sep 2026W 1–0at Georgia UEFA Nations League
8 Jun 2026L 1–3at France International Friendlies
4 Jun 2026W 1–0v Guinea International Friendlies
31 Mar 2026D 1–1at Wales International Friendlies

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Ukraine

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Ilya Zabarnyi Defender9000–83.7+28.8
Eduard Sarapii Defender90000.0267.1+14.2
Oleh Ocheretko Midfielder90000.0364.7+15.1
Volodymyr Brazhko Midfielder56000.0364.7–
Valerii Bondar Defender6300–60.0+2.7
Mykola Matvienko Defender90000.1353.9+2.5
Georgiy Sudakov Midfielder68000.1052.4+0.5
Yehor Nazaryna Midfielder34000.0149.5–
Oleksandr Nazarenko Midfielder2200–48.1–
Oleksandr Zubkov Midfielder2700–45.8–
Viktor Tsygankov Midfielder9000–45.6−6.2
Danylo Sikan Forward2700–45.6–
Matvii Ponomarenko Forward27000.1243.3–
Andriy Yarmolenko Midfielder6300–43.3–
Roman Yaremchuk Forward6300–42.0−8.5
Dmytro Riznyk Goalkeeper9000–21.6−27.4

Northern Ireland

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Isaac Price Midfielder67100.3467.7+22.8
Ciaron Brown Defender90200.5861.8+20.3
Kieran Morrison Midfielder7701–60.9+16.7
Pierce Charles Goalkeeper9001–57.9+4.1
Ruairi McConville Defender90000.1355.2+10.3
Justin Devenny Midfielder2300–54.2–
Brodie Spencer Defender90000.0352.4+13.5
Jamie Donley Midfielder77000.0349.9+14.5
Shea Charles Midfielder9000–46.0−9.7
Terry Devlin Defender84000.0645.3+8.9
Patrick Kelly Midfielder1300–45.1–
Josh Magennis Forward1300–43.0–
Ceadach O'Neill Forward1000–41.7–
Trai Hume Defender90000.0941.7−4.2
Tom Atcheson Defender8400–40.4−1.8
Paddy McNair Defender10000.0434.1–