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Ukraine — Northern Ireland, 2 October 2026, 18:45 UTC : score 0:3

match finished UEFA Nations League · Matchday 3 Friday 2 October · 18:45 UTC
Ukraine Ukraine 3th · 4 pts LLDW
0 : 3 1st half 0:2
Northern Ireland 1th · 8 pts DWDW Northern Ireland
City Arena Trnava · referee J. Vergoote
Match predictionValue

Neither dry nor wild: one to four goals

86% · Northern Ireland are unbeaten in 4 games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Neither dry nor wild: one to four goals”, and the match finished 0:3.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off
Ukraine 18% draw 27% Northern Ireland 55%
The model was right

The most likely outcome was Northern Ireland win, and the match finished 0:3. Fans backed Northern Ireland win — they got it right.

fans 39 votes
Ukraine 16% draw 22% Northern Ireland 62%
Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline
C. Brown 0-1 9'
I. Price assist: K. Morrison 0-2 22'
M. Matvienko 57'
C. Brown assist: P. Charles 0-3 61'
B. Spencer 64'
M. Ponomarenko 88'
D. Sikan 88'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench
Ukraine Ukraine 4-2-3-1 5-4-1 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
23 Dmytro Riznyk
5 Valerii Bondar 13 Ilya Zabarnyi 3 Eduard Sarapii 22 Mykola Matvienko
18 Oleg Ocheretko 6 Volodymyr Brazhko
15 Viktor Tsygankov 7 Andriy Yarmolenko 8 Georgiy Sudakov
9 Roman Yaremchuk
10 Jamie Donley
7 Kieran Morrison 5 Trai Hume 19 Shea Charles 14 Isaac Price
20 Brodie Spencer 4 Tom Atcheson 15 Ruairi McConville 22 Ciaron Brown 2 Terry Devlin
1 Pierce Charles
Ukraine bench
  1. 12Anatoliy Trubin
  2. 14Danylo Sikan
  3. 1Georgiy Yermakov
  4. 21Igor Krasnopir
  5. 2Illia Krupskyi
  6. 16Ivan Varfolomeev
  7. 11Matvii Ponomarenko
  8. 10Mykola Shaparenko
  9. 17Oleksandr Nazarenko
  10. 20Oleksandr Zubkov
  11. 4Taras Mykhavko
  12. 19Yehor Nazaryna
Northern Ireland bench
  1. 23Bailey Peacock-Farrell
  2. 18Braiden Graham
  3. 8Ceadach O'Neill
  4. 12Conor Hazard
  5. 9Dion Charles
  6. 6Jordan Thompson
  7. 21Josh Magennis
  8. 3Justin Devenny
  9. 13Michael Forbes
  10. 17Paddy McNair
  11. 16Patrick Kelly
  12. 11Paul Smyth

Match stats

19 metrics for the full match
72%Possession28%
11Shots10
2Shots on target3
5Shots off target4
4Blocked shots3
5Shots inside box7
6Shots outside box3
140Attacks61
51Dangerous attacks36
7Corners1
15Fouls4
3Yellow cards1
0Saves2
711Passes270
625Accurate passes197
0Free kicks0
0Throw-ins0
0Goal kicks0
0Penalties0
UkraineUkraineNorthern IrelandNorthern IrelandThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Ukraine and Northern Ireland met on matchday 3 of the UEFA Nations League on 2 October at City Arena Trnava. Final score — 0:3.

Ukraine sit 3th on 4 points after 4 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses), winless in 3 matches. Northern Ireland sit 1th on 8 points after 4 matches (2 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses), unbeaten in 4 matches, 4 matches without conceding.

Season form

all competitions of the season
Ukraine Ukraine last five Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
LLDW form DWDW
4 Matches 4
1 — 1 — 2 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 2 — 0
2 — 5 Scored — conceded 4 — 0
1 Points per game 2
0.5 Goals scored per game 1
2 Clean sheets 4
2 Failed to score 2
winless in 3 Current streak unbeaten in 4

Ukraine at home: 2 matches, 0 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 1—5, 0 points per match.

Northern Ireland away: 2 matches, 2 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 4—0, 3 points per match.