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Ukraine 0-3 Northern Ireland · UEFA Nations League

Ukraine lost to Northern Ireland 0-3 in the UEFA Nations League. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

Ukraine fixtures and results · Northern Ireland fixtures and results · UEFA Nations League table

Match report

Ukraine and Northern Ireland met in the UEFA Nations League at Štadión Antona Malatinského in Trnava on Friday, 2 October 2026.

Goalscorers

Ukraine did not score. Northern Ireland: C. Brown 9', 61'; I. Price 22'.

How the match went

Ukraine saw more of the ball, 72% of it. Ukraine had 11 shots with 2 on target, Northern Ireland 10 with 3 on target. There were 8 corners in total, 7 to Ukraine and 1 to Northern Ireland. Ukraine conceded 15 fouls, Northern Ireland 4. The referee showed 4 yellow cards (3 for Ukraine, 1 for Northern Ireland).

Line-ups

Ukraine started in a 4-2-3-1: Dmytro Riznyk, Valerii Bondar, Ilya Zabarnyi, Eduard Sarapii, Mykola Matvienko, Oleh Ocheretko, Volodymyr Brazhko, Viktor Tsygankov, Andriy Yarmolenko, Georgiy Sudakov, Roman Yaremchuk.

Northern Ireland started in a 5-4-1: Pierce Charles, Brodie Spencer, Tom Atcheson, Ruairi McConville, Ciaron Brown, Terry Devlin, Kieran Morrison, Trai Hume, Shea Charles, Isaac Price, Jamie Donley.

More from this competition: UEFA Nations League fixtures, results and table.

Minute by minute

  1. 9'Goal! Ukraine 0-1 Northern Ireland. C. Brown (Northern Ireland) scores.
  2. 22'Goal! Ukraine 0-2 Northern Ireland. I. Price (Northern Ireland) scores, assisted by K. Morrison.
  3. 45'Half-time. Ukraine 0-2 Northern Ireland.
  4. 61'Goal! Ukraine 0-3 Northern Ireland. C. Brown (Northern Ireland) scores, assisted by P. Charles.
  5. 90'Full-time. Ukraine 0-3 Northern Ireland.
Full commentary (49 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Ukraine vs Northern Ireland.
  2. 3'Attempt missed. J. Donley (Northern Ireland), left-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.03.
  3. 7'Attempt blocked. T. Devlin (Northern Ireland), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  4. 8'Corner, Northern Ireland.
  5. 9'Goal! Ukraine 0-1 Northern Ireland. C. Brown (Northern Ireland) scores.
  6. 9'Attempt blocked. R. McConville (Northern Ireland), header from a corner. xG 0.13.
  7. 19'Attempt saved. G. Sudakov (Ukraine), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  8. 22'Goal! Ukraine 0-2 Northern Ireland. I. Price (Northern Ireland) scores, assisted by K. Morrison.
  9. 26'Corner, Ukraine.
  10. 26'Attempt saved. E. Sarapii (Ukraine), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  11. 28'Corner, Ukraine.
  12. 32'Corner, Ukraine.
  13. 33'Attempt blocked. V. Brazhko (Ukraine), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
  14. 33'Attempt blocked. G. Sudakov (Ukraine), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
  15. 34'Attempt missed. G. Sudakov (Ukraine), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  16. 36'Attempt missed. V. Brazhko (Ukraine), right-footed shot. xG 0.01.
  17. 45'3 minutes of added time.
  18. 45+1'Corner, Ukraine.
  19. 45+3'Attempt blocked. T. Hume (Northern Ireland), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  20. 45'Half-time. Ukraine 0-2 Northern Ireland.
  21. 46'The second half is under way.
  22. 47'Attempt missed. M. Matvienko (Ukraine), left-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  23. 52'Attempt missed. B. Spencer (Northern Ireland), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  24. 56'Substitution, Ukraine: Y. Nazaryna comes on for V. Brazhko.
  25. 57'Yellow card for M. Matvienko (Ukraine) for foul.
  26. 60'Attempt missed. G. Sudakov (Ukraine), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  27. 61'Goal! Ukraine 0-3 Northern Ireland. C. Brown (Northern Ireland) scores, assisted by P. Charles.
  28. 63'Substitution, Ukraine: M. Ponomarenko comes on for R. Yaremchuk.
  29. 63'Substitution, Ukraine: O. Zubkov comes on for A. Yarmolenko.
  30. 63'Substitution, Ukraine: D. Sikan comes on for V. Bondar.
  31. 64'Yellow card for B. Spencer (Northern Ireland) for foul.
  32. 67'Substitution, Northern Ireland: J. Devenny comes on for I. Price.
  33. 68'Substitution, Ukraine: O. Nazarenko comes on for G. Sudakov.
  34. 69'Attempt blocked. M. Ponomarenko (Ukraine), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  35. 69'Corner, Ukraine.
  36. 77'Substitution, Northern Ireland: J. Magennis comes on for J. Donley.
  37. 77'Substitution, Northern Ireland: P. Kelly comes on for K. Morrison.
  38. 82'Corner, Ukraine.
  39. 82'Attempt blocked. O. Ocheretko (Ukraine), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.04.
  40. 83'Attempt missed. Y. Nazaryna (Ukraine), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  41. 84'Substitution, Northern Ireland: C. O'Neill comes on for T. Devlin.
  42. 84'Substitution, Northern Ireland: P. McNair comes on for T. Atcheson.
  43. 85'Attempt missed. P. McNair (Northern Ireland), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.04.
  44. 86'Corner, Ukraine.
  45. 88'Yellow card for D. Sikan (Ukraine) for foul.
  46. 88'Yellow card for M. Ponomarenko (Ukraine) for argument.
  47. 90'3 minutes of added time.
  48. 90+2'Attempt missed. C. O'Neill (Northern Ireland), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.11.
  49. 90'Full-time. Ukraine 0-3 Northern Ireland.
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