First League. "Epicenter" application, unsuccessful series for "Metalist 1925", failure for "Hust"

In the fifth round of the first league, several decisive matches will impact the standings on the final stretch.

First League. "Epicenter" application, unsuccessful series for "Metalist 1925", failure for "Hust"

Players from "Epizentru" secured an important victory over "Bukovyna" and are now second in group "A" behind only "Agrobusiness". Photo: FC "Bukovyna"

First and foremost, it's about the confrontation in Kamianets-Podilskyi, where "Epizentrum" hosted neighbors from Chernivtsi Oblast — "Bukovyna." The hosts, driven forward by 1,000 supporters, opened the scoring near the end of the first half. After halftime, the guests had more possession but on the 82nd minute, Stanislav Krystin, who came on as a substitute, set the final score — 2:0.

After the final whistle, Dolyany's coach Serhiy Nagorniak noted that his players scored at the right moment, while his Chernivtsi colleague Valeriy Krivenkov complained about referee errors.

Hit the mark with a substitution and Poltava's main coach Volodymyr Syshenko in the central match of the round in Group B — against "Viktoriya." On the 65th minute, Artem Pereborra, who entered the game from the bench, scored the winning goal — 1:0. This is the first point lost by the Sumy team.

Kharkiv's "Metalist 1925" still hasn't managed to record its first victory. Today, they allowed an outsider, "Dinaza," to escape a defeat under pressure — 2:2.

The match between "Hust" and "Metalist" did not take place. The management of the Zakarpattya club decided to withdraw its team from competition due to financial difficulties. Now it's up to the Central Council of PFL.

Already at the start of the season, there was a change on the coaching bench in "Kudryvtsi." Instead of Roman Loktionov, Vasyl Baranov will take over as head coach. Under his leadership today, the team managed to secure a victory over "Kremen" — 2:1.

Results and standings tables