Buzivska 'Niva' was already in the early morning welcoming one of the outsiders — «Metallurg-2».

We remind you that it was precisely Zaporizhzhia who inflicted the only defeat on Serhiy Karpenko's team during the autumn part of the first division. Of course, Buzivska remembered this well and wanted to rehabilitate themselves from such a bitter failure. This 'Niva' managed to do so, and the most significant contribution to their crushing victory (4:1) came from Ivan Somov, who scored a brace and with 12 goals once again topped the scorers' chart.

Meanwhile, the battle for second place, which grants the right to play promotion matches against one of the outsiders in the first division, is heating up. In Odessa, football players from 'Chayka' crushed opponents from the local club 'Real Farma', who have lately resembled punching bags — 3:0. Oleksiy Litovchenko opened the scoring in this encounter and also finds himself among the top scorers of the tournament.

The closest pursuer to Buzivska, 'Niva' from Vinnytsia, secured a victory away against 'Kremen-2'. Podoliany took advantage of Oleksii Zhdanovich's expulsion, by the way, he equalized the situation with a shot under the crossbar. And the winning goal — in the account of Mykita Zhukov, who lifted the spiderweb from the top corner of the hosts' goal. 1:2.

Today another club from the leading group, 'Khust', played away against 'Vast'. The main events of the match unfolded in the second half. Guests went ahead after a shot by Nazar Prykhodko, then Vladyslav Borisenko forced Mykolayiv to capitulate again. The only thing that succeeded for the nominal hosts was reducing the score difference to a minimum thanks to Dmitro Humenyak's accurate shot. 1:2. This victory allowed Vladimir Tychkin's team to climb to third place.

Table and calendar of the second division