Dnipro-1 defeats Shakhtar and will leave for the winter break as the UPL leader
The biggest game of 2022 in Ukrainian Championship ended with Dnipro-1 victory over Shakhtar.
Donetsk team scored first thanks to its star player Mykhailo Mudryk, but couldn't keep the lead. Pikhalonok made the score 1-1 only four minutes later, and Artem Dovbyk gave his team a victory with an accurate long shot in the second half.
2:1 - Dnipro-1 beats Shakhtar for the first time in its history to become UPL's Winter champion of 2022 with five points lead.
2022-23, Ukraine - Premier League
Dnipro-1 - Shakhtar 2:1 (1:1)
Goals: Mudryk, 17 (0:1); Pikhalonok, 21 (1:1); Dovbyk, 53 (2:1)
Dnipro-1: Walef; Adamiuk; Busanello; Svatok; Pikhalonok; Rubchynskyi (Kohut I., 85); Sarapiy; Babenko; Tanchyk; Dovbyk; Hutsuliak (Nazarenko Ol-r, 73)
Bench: Yurchuk; Lohinov; Kononov; Gomes; Bahlouli
Yellow Cards: Sarapiy 29; Dovbyk 89
Shakhtar: Trubin; Kryvtsov (Lucas Taylor, 35); Bondar V.; Matviyenko; Stepanenko (Petriak, 79); Sudakov; Nazaryna (Kryskiv, 63); Mudryk; Mikhaylichenko B.; Bondarenko A-m; Sikan (Traoré Las., 63)
Bench: O. Shevchenko; Pyatov; Puzankov; Kozik; Totovytskyi; Ocheretko; Kulakov A.; Topalov
Yellow Cards: Bondar V. 81; Mudryk 85
