Although the "brewers" dictated the terms to nominal owners from "Epicon" (the match took place in Kyiv) and had a great opportunity to take the lead at 36 minutes: Vladyslav Moroz violated the rules during his fight with Vitaliy Grusha, and Podolyany were penalized with a penalty. However, Oleg Sloboyan lost the duel to "Epicon's" goalkeeper Roman Zhmurk.

The situation on the field drastically changed at 58 minutes when Kyiv resident Taras Moroz saw red for fouling Maxim Hryn in a last-ditch effort. Immediately, the initiative was taken by Serhiy Nagornyak's wards, and their most active players, Barbosa and Andriy Bezhnar, several times seriously threatened "brewers' possession." However, their goalkeeper Nazarii Fedorivsky was up to the task, and everything ended in a signed peace treaty — 0:0.

The misfortune of "Obolon" was immediately exploited by pursuers — "LNZ" and "Karpaty." In Chernihiv's guest match against "Niva," we highlight newcomer Nazarii Nycha, who opened the scoring and then assisted Maxim Lopirionok, forcing the hosts to capitulate again. The only thing that Ternopilians managed was to reduce the deficit to a minimum in injury time when Oleh Synyogub sliced the ball into his own net — 1:2.

And in Lviv, guests from Kremenchuk could have been the first to score when on minute 31 Danilo Falkovsky dangerously headed the ball, but "Karpaty's" ally was the crossbar. Soon after, goalkeeper of "Kremen," Ivan Muzychka, betrayed his defense by passing the ball to veteran green and whites Denis Kozhanov from a free-kick, who then scored with an accurate shot. Just before halftime, Kozhanov assisted Yurii Tlumak, who accurately headed the ball under the crossbar — 2:0.

Today, "championship" group leader could have become "Polesye," if they had defeated "Metalurh." The hosts took the lead early on when Pilyp Budkivsky capitalized on a precise pass from Vladyslav Shapoval. However, a quickly conceded goal did not knock guests out of contention. On minute 33, Valeriy Sad sent Oleksii Sydorov through on goal against Polevychuk's goalkeeper Oleg Kudryk, and he didn't miss — 1:1.

The second half was dominated territorially by the hosts, but the last word remained with Zaporizhzhia residents: at minute 78, undeterred Sydorov converted a penalty. 1:2. In injury time, Polevychuk's men made every effort to save themselves, but guest goalkeeper Nazarii Baida twice parried shots from close range. The wards of Volodymyr Mykytin surprisingly won in Zhytomyr, and tension in the lead group is growing.

As for the "relegation group," only "Bukovyna" stood up to guests as expected, overcoming "Poltava's" resistance. Notable newcomer of Chernivtsi Mihail Serhiychuk deserves mention, who opened the scoring and then was fouled by defender of "city dwellers" Mykola Buzyhin in a last-ditch effort.

League table and schedule of the first league