UPL week 14 summary

By: sasha | November 11th, 2008

Week fourteen of the Ukrainian Premier League ended with virtually no-changes in the table.

In a surprisingly close match Dynamo Kyiv narrowly defeated Lviv 1-0 as Badr El Kaddouri scored with fifteen minutes remaining as a rebound from a free-kick came to him just outside the box, to which he struck into the goal. This was obviously Lviv’s finest match of the year and they showed a tremendous defending resolve holding Dynamo back.

For a full review please visit Yevy’s Dynamo Kyiv blog

Metalurh Donetsk defeated Metalurh Zaporizhya 3-1 to the delight of their home fans. Konstantinos Makridis gave Donetsk the lead thirty-one minutes from the start with Michael Alozi finding the tying goal ten-minutes after the break. However five minutes later Serhiy Tkachenko got the go-ahead goal and another five minutes later Vyacheslav Checher doubled the margin.

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk defeated Kharkiv 2-0 but it was far from easy as Andriy Vorobei scored with twenty-one minutes remained and Serhiy Nazarenko guaranteed the victory at the eighty first minute with a perfectly placed free kick.

For a full review please visit Darcy’s Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk blog

Arsenal defeated Karpaty Lviv 3-2 with a a goal-fest that started with four goals in the first fifteen minutes. Karpaty Lviv jumped in front as Alexander Guruli scored in the second minute. Arsenal equalized the match as Serhiy Zakarliuka scored from the spot two minutes later and took the lead with Syargey Kuzniatsov goal ten minutes into the match with Denys Kozhanov adding in four minutes later. Denys Oliynyk brought the match to within one nine minutes after the break but Arsenal held on for the victory.

Shakhtar Donetsk easily overcame Tavriya Simferopol 2-0 as Fernandinho scored with t a beautiful strike from just outside the box at the nineteenth minute and Yevhen Selezniov followed at the seventy-first minute.

Vorskla Poltava edged Chornomorets Odessa 1-0 with the lone goal coming from Serhiy Kravchenko eight minutes before the break.

Metalist Kharkiv defeated Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 3-1 as Serhiy Valiaiev scored fourteen minutes in before Ruslan Fomin doubled the lead at the half-hour mark. Marko Devic added the third from the spot six minutes beyond the hour mark. Serhiy Motuz added a consolation goal with three minutes remaining.

Zorya Luhansk defeated Illichivets 2-1. Illichivets took the lead eighteen minutes in with Kostiantyn Yaroshenko’s strike before Lima was red-carded two minutes before the half-hour and they were forced to play a man down. Stephane Baga leveled the match five minutes larter and with twenty-three minutes remaining Parid Xhihani scored the winner.

Upcoming matches this weekend:

Chornomorets Odessa @ Metalurh Zaporizhya
Vorskla Poltava @ Illichivets
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih@ Vorskla Poltava
Karpaty Lviv @ Lviv
Metalurh Donetsk @ Arsenal
Dynamo Kyiv @ Shakhtar Donetsk
Zorya Luhansk @ Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Kharkiv @ Metalist Kharkiv

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