After the winter break, competition resumed in the second league with a match in Husi, where the home team "City" hosted the nominal leader "Metallurh-2". The Zakarpattya side celebrated a hard-fought victory (2:1), marked by an impressive goal from Bohdan Pavlich.

However, today's central match took place in Odesa, where FC "Real Farm", holding second place, faced the league leader and main promotion contender — "Niva" (Buzova). Unfortunately, local fans' hopes that Andriy Parhomenko's team would give a good fight to the visitors did not come true. The Buzova players confidently dictated terms, limiting themselves in the first half to just one goal against Odesa: on the 23rd minute Ivan Somov converted his breakaway from the goalkeeper.

However, after halftime, the team of Serhiy Karpenko found their rhythm, forcing the hosts to restart play three times from the center spot and ultimately securing a convincing victory. The score was 0:4. It is important that the visitors scored goals in various ways. Thus, Buzova increased its lead over "Real Farm" by as many as ten points.

Odesa's players could have outpaced the Vinnytsia "Niva", who won at home against "Chayka" — 3:1. However, they prematurely believed that victory was already in their pocket and relaxed, which the opponent took advantage of. A draw in Vinnytsia (3:3) allowed "Chayka" to maintain its third place.

Second League Table and Schedule