Dnipro earned a comfortable 2:0 home win over the promoted side FC Volyn Lutsk. Volodymyr Homeniuk’s assistance in 33 minutes helped Yevgen Seleznion open the scoring before he doubled the lead in 50 minutes with a header. Cut to 10-men in 61 minutes after Andriy Grinchenko was sent off, Volyn found it impossible to avert a loss, a second successive one.

FC Arsenal Kyiv celebrated a 2-0 win at FC Zoria Lugansk. And Ukraine champions Shakhtar failed to beat Metalurh on their home soil. The substituted Michael Alozie sent the ball past Andriy Pyatov into the goal in 35 minutes. The UEFA Champions League hopefuls managed to come back in 69 minutes following Fernandinho’s header.

FC Kryvbas Kryviy Rig and FC Karpaty Lviv earned their first points after keeping a clean sheet. Earlier on Saturday the second-placed team of the last term FC Dynamo Kyiv collected their first win of the 2010/2011 season as they defeated FC Tavriya from Simferopol 2-1. After opening the current campaign with a 2-2 draw against city rivals FC Obolon last Friday, Valeriy Gazzaev’s team received much criticism. However, they managed to screw up their courage and earn three points.