Zorya v Östersund background
Zorya Luhansk faced some formidable opponents in final season’s UEFA Europa League and now have a competition’s warn package, Östersund, in their Group J opener.
Previous meetings
• These sides are assembly for a initial time; conjunction has ever met a organisation from their opponents’ home nation in Europe.
• The 10 prior games between Ukrainian and Swedish clubs in UEFA competiton have lucky a Ukrainian team: W5 D3 L2. No Swedish side has won a compare in Ukraine: D2 L3.
Form guide
• Zorya unsuccessful to win a home tie in final season’s organisation theatre (D2 L1) – no good warn given they were pooled with Fenerbahçe, Feyenoord and Manchester United.
• Östersund’s 3 European divided games to date have finished W1 D1 L1.
• Third in a 2016/17 Ukrainian table, Zorya are featuring in their second unbroken organisation stage, yet they were incompetent to make a UEFA Europa League turn of 32 final term.
• First-time Swedish Cup winners in 2016/17, Östersund have reached a UEFA Europa League organisation theatre in their entrance UEFA season, carrying separated Galatasaray, Fola Esch and PAOK.
Links and trivia
• The tour from Ostersund to Lviv, where Zorya are personification their European home matches, is around 1,600km.
• Zorya have taken partial in 20 UEFA fixtures to date, while Östersund have played usually six.
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.
• Englishman Graham Potter has helped drive Östersund from a Swedish fourth tier to a UEFA Europa League given holding a reins in 2011. He played in England’s reduce leagues with a likes of Birmingham, Stoke and West Brom.