Odesa's "Chornomorets," despite being given an opportunity in the form of a second awarded penalty, was unable to take at least one point from Uzhhorod, while "Illichivets" at home upset another contender for the championship's "bronze" awards – Donetsk's "Metalurh." The capital's "Arsenal" made a desperate move to leave the "relegation zone" by defeating Lutsk's "Volyn" at the NSC "Olimpiyskyi," and Poltava's "Vorskla" managed to "come by" three points at once in Kharkiv...
Ukrainian Championship. Higher League.
Round 18. December 4.
"ZAKARPATTIA" – "CHORNOMORETS" – 2:1 Goals: Pikhur 62, Ryzhykh 72 – Mitierev 53 (pen.) Missed penalty: Mitierev 65
"METALIST" – "VORSKLA" – 0:1 Goal: Yepuryanu 82
"TAVRIA" – "KRYVBAS" – 1:0 Goal: Zhunior 20 Missed penalty: Kashevskyi 90 ("Kryvbas")
"STAL" – "DYNAMO" – 1:2 Goals: Akobyan 59 (pen.) – Kleber 11, Husiev 16
"ILLICHIVETS" – "METALURH" (DONETSK) – 1:0 Goal: Hai 34
"ARSENAL" – "VOLYN" – 2:1 Goals: Babich 51, Okoduwa 65 – Aloizi 64
On December 5 the following will play:
"METALURH" (ZAPORIZHZHIA) – "DNIPRO"
""SHAKHTAR" – FC "KHARKIV"
League table.
1. "Dynamo" – 48 points 2. "Shakhtar" – 42 (17 games) 3. "Illichivets" – 29 4. "Chornomorets" – 28 5. "Metalurh" (Donetsk) – 28 6. "Volyn" – 26 7. "Metalist" – 24 8. "Vorskla" – 23 9. FC "Kharkiv" – 22 (17 games) 10. "Dnipro" – 20 (17 games) 11. "Kryvbas" – 20 12. "Stal" – 19 13. "Tavria" – 18 14. "Arsenal" – 17 15. "Metalurh" (Zaporizhzhia) – 16 (17 games) 16. "Zakarpattia" - 11