Zorya v Athletic background
Zorya and Athletic Club come face to face in Lviv with gift from Group J on a line.
• The Ukrainian side will be by to a knockout proviso for a initial time if they win, given a pull will sufficient for their Spanish visitors, who are seeking a sixth appearance in a UEFA Europa League turn of 32.
• Athletic will tip a organisation if they win and stream leaders Östersund concurrently dump points opposite Hertha in Berlin.
Previous meetings
• Zorya’s initial confront with Spanish opponents was a noted one as they repelled Athletic in Bilbao on matchday two, winning 1-0 with a 26th-minute idea from midfielder Ihor Kharatin. It was Athletic’s solitary better in their final 9 European home fixtures, a other 8 carrying all finished in victory.
• Athletic’s usually other matches opposite Ukrainian antithesis were a span of meetings with Shakhtar Donetsk in a 2014/15 UEFA Champions League organisation stage: a 0-0 home pull and a 1-0 win in Lviv, where this tie is holding place.
Form guide
• Zorya have won usually 3 of their 10 European fixtures on Ukrainian soil. They have kept usually one purify piece in their final 13 UEFA matches – that 1-0 feat divided to Athletic.
• Athletic have not won divided from home in 6 UEFA Europa League games, organisation theatre to final (D3 L3). They have never won a matchday 6 tie in a UEFA Europa League, losing a initial dual and sketch a final three.
• Third in Ukraine in 2016/17, Zorya are featuring in their second unbroken organisation stage; they were incompetent to make a turn of 32 final term, unwell to win any of their 6 matches (D2 L4) and scoring usually dual goals.
• Seventh in Spain final term, Athletic have successfully negotiated 5 of their 6 UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League organisation stages, including any of a final two. They were losing finalists in a 1976/77 UEFA Cup and 2011/12 UEFA Europa League.
Links and trivia
• The tour from Bilbao to Lviv, where Zorya have selected to play their European fixtures this season, is around 2,200km.
• Athletic’s Raúl GarcÃa was a 2009/10 UEFA Europa League leader with Atlético Madrid.
• Athletic’s Aritz Aduriz was tip scorer in a 2015/16 UEFA Europa League with 10 goals, and became a second-highest scorer in a foe correct – after Radamel Falcao – when he carried his all-time total to 22 with dual penalties in the 3-2 matchday 5 win during home to Hertha.
• This is Athletic’s 168th UEFA diversion – and Zorya’s 26th.
• Athletic’s Unai Nuñez is accessible after a one-match ban.
• Suspended for subsequent compare if booked: Oleksandr Andrievsky, Oleksandr Karavaev (Zorya).
The coaches
• Yuriy Vernydub has been in assign during Zorya given stepping adult from his purpose as partner manager in Nov 2011, heading them to fourth and third-placed finishes in a final dual seasons. He was a Russian Cup leader as a Zenit defender in 1999.
• Better famous as ‘Cuco’, José Ãngel Ziganda was a brazen for Osasuna and Athletic Club, and after guided a Pamplona side to a 2006/07 UEFA Cup semi-finals as coach. He was handed a Athletic pursuit in May 2017 after a six-year spell as B group boss.