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	15	12	1	2	36	7	37
Metalist Kharkiv	16	10	4	2	28	12	34
Metalurh Donetsk	16	10	3	3	22	10	33
Vorskla Poltava	16	8	6	2	17	10	30
Shakhtar Donetsk	16	7	7	2	24	12	28
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	16	6	6	4	14	11	24
Metalurh Zaporizhya	16	6	6	4	15	15	24
Zorya Luhansk	16	5	6	5	18	23	21
Karpaty Lviv	16	4	7	5	16	20	19
Chornomorets Odessa	16	5	2	9	16	20	17
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	16	3	7	6	13	20	16
Arsenal Kyiv	16	3	5	8	12	20	14
Tavriya Simferopol	16	3	5	8	19	30	14
Illichivets	15	3	3	9	12	24	12
Lviv	16	2	3	11	9	24	9
Kharkiv	16	0	9	7	10	23	9