October 25

Zakarpattia Uzhgorod − Shakhtar Donetsk − 1:1 (Trisovic, 50 − Gai, 37).

Metalist Kharkiv − Vorskla Poltava − 1:0 (Koelho, 3).

Zoria Luhansk − Illichivets Mariupol − 3:2 (Skoba, 34, pen., 45, pen., S.Shevchuk, 54 − Kryvosheienko, 32, pen., Vad.Melnyk, 49).

October 24

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk − Dynamo Kyiv − 0:2 (Ghioane, 72, Milevskii, 87, pen.).

Arsenal Kyiv − Kryvbas Kryvii Rih − 2:1 (A.Vorobey, 29, Yev.Yevsieiev, 56 − Karakevych, 81).

Metalurh Donetsk − Chornomorets Odesa − 2:0 (Shyna, 36, Mhitarian, 88).

Obolon Kyiv − Tavriia Simferopol − 1:0 (Antonenko, 49).

Karpaty Lviv − Metalurh Zaporizhia − 3:3 (Kazhanov, 44, Oschypko, 65, Fedetskii, 68 − Teiku, 4, Alozi, 28, 40).

Sensation from Zakarpattya

The main sensation of the 11^th round of the Ukrainian Premier League became an away draw of Shakhtar Donetsk in a match against one of the outsiders of the championship Zakarpattia Uzhhorod. The footballers of Ihor Gamula got a ball into their net already in the first half of the game. Oleksii Gai took a shot out of the penalty area and the ball in the rebound got onto the opponent’s net.

Answer of Trisovic

After the break Shakhtar made a double substitution. Jadson and Ilsinho were brought on as substitutes for Oleksii Gai and Luiz Adriano. The Miners launched the play with one nominal forward. Instead of the substitutions the score became equal again. Trisovic ended a wing pass with a point header. The footballers of Mircea Lucescu made their best to score, but opponents’ defense coped with their attacks. So, Uzhhorod players managed to get one score.

Dismissal of Pavlo Pashaiev

Tiberiu Ghioane and Artem Milevskii got their names on the scoresheet as Dynamo Kyiv overcame FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0-2 in the Matchday 11 clash on Saturday. Despite playing most of the match with ten men following the 23rd-minute dismissal of Pavlo Pashaiev, the hosts once again proved to be well-organised opponents and provided stiff resistance until Ghioane’s goal midway through the second half.

Ghioane didn’t miss his chance

The Romanian player did not miss the chance to give his side the lead, and Artem Milevskii doubled Dynamo’s lead four minutes from time finding the back of the net from the penalty spot. Dynamo maintained a six-point lead over second-placed FC Shakhtar in the league table. By the way, the two teams will meet on Wednesday in the Ukrainian Cup quarter-final match.

Opponents use failure of Dnipro

Metalist Kharkiv and Metalurh Donetsk used the miss of Dnipro. The footballers of Myron Markevych got three points in a match against Vorskla Poltava thanks to the only goal of Koelho at the very beginning of the match. The team of Nikolai Kostov in its turn beat in a home match Chornomorets Odessa − 2:0. These victories let the teams from Kharkiv and Donetsk to leave behind Dnipro and to settle at the 3^rd and the 4^th place in a tournament table accordingly.