In the top league of the Ukrainian football championship, matches of the 8th round took place. The league leader, "Shakhtar," dropped points in an away game against Kyiv's "Arsenal" – 0:0. At the same time, "Dynamo," thanks to a scoring strike by Diogo Rincon at the end of the first half, defeated Odesa's local "Chornomorets" – 1:0.
Kornylenko's goal in the last minute of the match saved "Dnipro" from an away defeat to "Vorskla" – a 1:1 draw.
Donetsk's "Metalurh" defeated "Volyn" at home – 4:0, with the team's newcomer Oleksandr Kosyrin scoring a double.
Here are the remaining results of the 8th round for your attention:
- "Metalist" – "Metalurh" (Zaporizhzhia) – 3:1, - "Zakarpattia" – "Kryvbas" – 0:0, - "Illichivets" – FC "Kharkiv" – 2:1, - "Stal" – "Tavriya" – 1:0.
"Shakhtar" leads with 22 points. "Dynamo" is only 2 points behind. Donetsk's "Metalurh" and "Metalist" have each collected 15 points.
Ukrainian Championship. Top League. All results of the 8th round.
Metalurh D 4 : 0 Volyn Goals: Kosyrin 45, 58, Zakarlyuka 52, Aliutse 85
Stal 1 : 0 Tavriya Goal: Akobyan 73 (pen.)
Illichivets 2 : 1 FC Kharkiv Goals: Konyushenko 24, Mazurenko 46 - Ribeiro 80
Zakarpattia 0 : 0 Kryvbas Sent off: Kolchin 62 ("Kryvbas")
Metalist 3 : 1 Metalurh Z Goals: Valyayev 22, 65, Dzhakobiya 55 (pen.) – Andzhelikovych 51 Sent off: Demchenko 47, Kutarba 54 (both – "M" (Z.)
Vorskla 1 : 1 Dnipro Goals: Yepuryanu 46 - Kornylenko 90
Arsenal 0 : 0 Shakhtar Sent off: Brandau 38 ("Sh")
Chornomorets 0 : 1 Dynamo Goal: Rincon 43