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UEFA Nations LeagueMatchday 3Ukraine vs Northern Ireland 0-3
- Ciaron Brown9'
- Isaac Price22'
- Ciaron Brown61'
- Kick-off
- Fri, 2 Oct 2026 · 18:45 (UTC)
- Venue
- Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava
- Referee
- Jasper Vergoote
Match timeline
- 88’Yellow card
UkraineDanylo Sikan - 88’Yellow cardUkraineMatviy Ponomarenko
- 84’Substitution
Northern IrelandCeadach O'Neill ONTerry Devlin OFF - 84’SubstitutionNorthern IrelandPaddy McNair ONTom Atcheson OFF
- 77’SubstitutionNorthern IrelandJosh Magennis ONJamie Donley OFF
- 77’SubstitutionNorthern IrelandPatrick Kelly ONKieran Morrison OFF
- 68’SubstitutionUkraineOleksandr Nazarenko ONHeorhii Sudakov OFF
- 67’SubstitutionNorthern IrelandJustin Devenny ONIsaac Price OFF
Show 9 earlier events
- 64’Yellow cardNorthern IrelandBrodie Spencer
- 63’SubstitutionUkraineDanylo Sikan ONValeriy Bondar OFF
- 63’SubstitutionUkraineOleksandr Zubkov ONAndriy Yarmolenko OFF
- 63’SubstitutionUkraineMatviy Ponomarenko ONRoman Yaremchuk OFF
- 61’Goal!Northern IrelandCiaron BrownAssist: Pierce Charles0 – 3
- 57’Yellow cardUkraineMykola Matvienko
- 56’SubstitutionUkraineEgor Nazaryna ONVolodymyr Brazhko OFF
- 22’Goal!Northern IrelandIsaac PriceAssist: Kieran Morrison0 – 2
- 9’Goal!Northern IrelandCiaron Brown0 – 1
- 1’Kick-off
Key stats
UkraineNorthern Ireland- 72%Possession28%
- 11Shots9
- 2Shots on Target3
- 7Corners1
- 15Fouls4
- 0Saves2
- 709Passes265
- 3Yellow Cards1
Lineups
Confirmed selections
Ukraine4 - 1 - 4 - 1
Substitutions
- 56’↑19 E. Nazaryna↓6 V. Brazhko
- 63’↑14 D. Sikan↓5 V. Bondar
- 63’↑20 O. Zubkov↓7 A. Yarmolenko
- 63’↑11 M. Ponomarenko↓9 R. Yaremchuk
- 68’↑17 O. Nazarenko↓8 H. Sudakov
Unused substitutes 2 I. Krupskyi, 21 I. Krasnopir, 4 T. Mykhavko, 10 M. Shaparenko, 12 A. Trubin, 16 I. Varfolomeev, 1 H. Ermakov
Coach Andrea Maldera
Northern Ireland3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Substitutions
- 67’↑3 J. Devenny↓14 I. Price
- 77’↑21 J. Magennis↓10 J. Donley
- 77’↑16 Patrick Kelly↓7 K. Morrison
- 84’↑ Ceadach O'Neill↓2 T. Devlin
- 84’↑17 P. McNair↓4 Tom Atcheson
Unused substitutes 6 J. Thompson, 11 P. Smyth, 23 B. Peacock-Farrell, 8 C. O’Neill, 12 C. Hazard, 18 B. Graham, 13 M. Forbes, 9 D. Charles
Coach M. O'Neill
Match facts
- Competition
- UEFA Nations League
- Round
- Matchday 3
- Date
- Fri, 2 Oct 2026
- Kick-off
- 18:45 (UTC)
- Venue
- Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava
- Referee
- Jasper Vergoote
- Ukraine coach
- Andrea Maldera
- Northern Ireland coach
- M. O'Neill
League table
UEFA Nations League · League B - Group B
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Northern Ireland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +4 | 8 |
| 2 |  Hungary | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 |
| 3 |  Ukraine | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| 4 |  Georgia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
Player ratings
- 1
O. Ocheretko6.8 - 2
I. Zabarnyi6.7 - 3
E. Sarapiy6.4 - 4
R. Yaremchuk6.4 - 5
V. Bondar6.3 - 6
V. Brazhko6.2 - 7
H. Sudakov6.2 - 8
M. Ponomarenko6.1 - 9
D. Sikan6.0 - 10
E. Nazaryna5.9 - 11
O. Nazarenko5.8 - 12
O. Zubkov5.7 - 13
V. Tsygankov5.6 - 14
D. Riznyk5.6 - 15
M. Matvienko5.5 - 16
A. Yarmolenko5.4 - 17
I. Krupskyi0.0 - 18
I. Krasnopir0.0 - 19
T. Mykhavko0.0 - 20
M. Shaparenko0.0 - 21
A. Trubin0.0 - 22
I. Varfolomeev0.0 - 23
H. Ermakov0.0
- 1
C. Brown8.0 - 2
I. Price8.0 - 3
K. Morrison7.4 - 4
P. Charles7.4 - 5
T. Devlin6.9 - 6
Ruairi McConville6.9 - 7
C. O’Neill6.8 - 8
S. Charles6.7 - 9
P. McNair6.6 - 10
J. Devenny6.5 - 11
Tom Atcheson6.5 - 12
T. Hume6.4 - 13
J. Donley6.3 - 14
J. Magennis6.2 - 15
Patrick Kelly6.1 - 16
B. Spencer5.9 - 17
D. Charles0.0 - 18
M. Forbes0.0 - 19
B. Graham0.0 - 20
C. Hazard0.0 - 21
B. Peacock-Farrell0.0 - 22
P. Smyth0.0 - 23
J. Thompson0.0
Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.
MVP of the match
Rated 8.0, the best on the pitch — 2 goals in 90 minutes.
Head to head
1 goals2 goals
Last 2 meetings
- 2021FriendliesUkraine1 - 0Northern Ireland
- 2016Euro ChampionshipUkraine0 - 2Northern Ireland
2 meetings in the Cornerflick archive.
Team form comparison
Last 5 matches, all competitions
Ukraine- W-D-L
- 2-1-1
- Scored / match
- 1.0
- Conceded / match
- 0.5
Northern Ireland- W-D-L
- 2-1-1
- Scored / match
- 0.8
- Conceded / match
- 0.8
Fan predictions
How the fans called it
- Ukraine0%
- Northern IrelandResult0%
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What happened
Match report
Northern Ireland left Trnava with a 3-0 win over Ukraine, built on first-half goals from Ciaron Brown and Isaac Price before Brown added his second after the break. Ukraine had most of the ball and most of the chances on paper, but Northern Ireland took the decisive moments.
Brown opened the scoring in the 9th minute and Price made it 2-0 on 22 minutes, finishing from Kieran Morrison. That left Ukraine 2-0 down at half-time.
Brown struck again in the 61st minute, this time from a Pierce Charles assist, to make it 3-0. Ukraine responded with a triple change on 63 minutes, sending on Danylo Sikan, Oleksandr Zubkov and Matviy Ponomarenko, while Northern Ireland later made two changes on 77 minutes and two more on 84 minutes as they protected the lead. Northern Ireland also moved Isaac Price off on 67 minutes after his goal, and Ukraine never found a reply.
Ukraine finished with 72% possession, 709 passes to Northern Ireland's 265, and 7 corners to 1. Even so, Ukraine only managed 2 shots on target from 11 attempts, while Northern Ireland had 3 on target from 9 shots and 2 saves to Ukraine's none. Ukraine also committed 15 fouls to 4.
Mykola Matvienko was booked in the 57th minute for Ukraine, while Brodie Spencer was cautioned for Northern Ireland on 64 minutes. Danylo Sikan and Matviy Ponomarenko were both booked on 88 minutes for Ukraine.
Match record
- Competition
- UEFA Nations League
- Round
- Matchday 3
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava
- Referee
- Jasper Vergoote
- Match ID
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17 events
- 9’Goal!Northern IrelandCiaron Brown0 – 1
- 22’Goal!Northern IrelandIsaac PriceAssist: Kieran Morrison0 – 2
- 56’SubstitutionUkraineEgor Nazaryna ONVolodymyr Brazhko OFF
- 57’Yellow cardUkraineMykola Matvienko
- 61’Goal!Northern IrelandCiaron BrownAssist: Pierce Charles0 – 3
- 63’SubstitutionUkraineDanylo Sikan ONValeriy Bondar OFF
- 63’SubstitutionUkraineOleksandr Zubkov ONAndriy Yarmolenko OFF
- 63’SubstitutionUkraineMatviy Ponomarenko ONRoman Yaremchuk OFF
- 64’Yellow cardNorthern IrelandBrodie Spencer
- 67’SubstitutionNorthern IrelandJustin Devenny ONIsaac Price OFF
- 68’SubstitutionUkraineOleksandr Nazarenko ONHeorhii Sudakov OFF
- 77’SubstitutionNorthern IrelandJosh Magennis ONJamie Donley OFF
- 77’SubstitutionNorthern IrelandPatrick Kelly ONKieran Morrison OFF
- 84’SubstitutionNorthern IrelandCeadach O'Neill ONTerry Devlin OFF
- 84’SubstitutionNorthern IrelandPaddy McNair ONTom Atcheson OFF
- 88’Yellow cardUkraineDanylo Sikan
- 88’Yellow cardUkraineMatviy Ponomarenko