Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Ukrainian Premier League week 16

Weekend sixteen of the Ukrainian Premier League concluded with Metalurh Donetsk dropping important points in the race while Shakhtar continued its climb up the table.

Shakhtar Donetsk defeated Lviv with Ukraine international Olexiy Hai scoring nine minutes after the re-start



and Luiz Adriano doubling the margin at the hour mark.

Metalist Kharkiv held on to defeat Zorya Luhansk 2-1. Zhovto-Syni took the lead eight minutes into the match with Seweryn Gancarzyk goal with up and coming star Ruslan Fomin scoring two minutes before the break. Luhansk's Georgi Tsimakuridze scored from the sport seven minutes after the break but they could not level the match.

Karpaty Lviv played Metalurh Donetsk to a 1-1 draw as they opened the scoring with Ihor Khudobiak's goal eighteen minutes after the start. Serhiy Danylovsky drew the match level one minute before the break and the match ended without a score after the break.

Arsenal Kyiv defeated Chornomorets Odessa 1-0 with Denys Oliynyk scoring with sixteen minutes remaining.

Vorskla Poltava defeated Kharkiv 2-1 with a late goal. Poltava took the lead with Jovan Markoski goal twenty-one minutes into the match before Kharkiv equalized Anderson Ribeiro equalized for Kharkiv six minutes before the half. However with fifteen minutes remaining Filip Despotovski to give Poltava the three points.

Tavriya Simferopol upset Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk as Pavel Hajduczek scored with twenty minutes remaining and Metalurh Zaporizhya and Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih played to a scoreless draw.

Upcoming matches:

Friday
Metalurh Donetsk @ Chornomorets Odessa

Saturday
Vorskla Poltava @ Zorya Luhansk
Illichivets @ Lviv
Arsenal Kyivl @ Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Metalurh Zaporizhya @ Kharkiv

Sunday
Karpaty @ Shakhtar Donetsk
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk @ Dynamo Kyiv
Metalist @ Tavriya Simferopol


Ukrainian Premier League
GP W D L GS GA P
Dynamo Kyiv 15121236737
Metalist Kharkiv 161042281234
Metalurh Donetsk 161033221033
Vorskla Poltava 16862171030
Shakhtar Donetsk 16772241228
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 16664141124
Metalurh Zaporizhya 16664151524
Zorya Luhansk 16565182321
Karpaty Lviv 16475162019
Chornomorets Odessa 16529162017
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 16376132016
Arsenal Kyiv 16358122014
Tavriya Simferopol 16358193014
Illichivets 15339122412
Lviv 1623119249
Kharkiv 1609710239