Two rounds before the finish of UPL Shakhtar Donetsk did everything to break away from their pursuers: they knocked Zorya out of the title race and took advantage of Dnipro-1's defeat to increase their lead to five points.

2022-23, Ukraine - Premier League

Zorya - Shakhtar 0:3 (0:1)
Goals: Sudakov, 5 (0:1); Bondarenko A-m, 59 (0:2); Kelsy, 83 (0:3)

Zorya: Saputin; Butko; Imerekov; Snurnitsyn (till 49); Brazhko (Dryshlyuk, 60); Buletsa (Khakhlov, 67); Vantukh; Batahov; Shakhov (Myshnov, 67); Rusyn N. (Polehenko, 80); Antiukh (Smiian, 80)
Bench: Kysil Ya.; Turbaievskyi; Kucheruk; Pochapskyi
Yellow Cards: Shakhov 32; Brazhko 53
Red cards: Snurnitsyn 49'

Shakhtar: Trubin; Rakitskiy (Djurasek, 84); Matviyenko; Konoplya (Gocholeishvili, 76); Bondar V.; Stepanenko; Sudakov (Nazaryna, 76); Kryskiv (Topalov, 76); Bondarenko A-m; Sikan (Kelsy, 80); Zubkov
Bench: O. Shevchenko; Pyatov; Kozik; Totovytskyi; Korniienko V.; Boryachuk; Shved M.