UPL: Oleksandriya crush Metalist-1925 to end 2023 on a high note
Oleksandriya ended the year with a big away victory over Metalist-1925 as Kharkiv team suffered its fifth defeat in a row. According to journalist Victor Vatsko this was the last game of Metalist-1925's current coach Oleh Holodiuk - he will be replaced by Viktor Skrypnik in January.
2023-24, Ukraine - Premier League
Metalist 1925 - FC Oleksandriya 0:3 (0:0)
Goals: Skorko, 64 (0:1); Plaksa, 75 (0:2); Plaksa, 84 (0:3)
Metalist 1925: Sydorenko; Bezuhlyi; Tkachuk Y.; Kurylo; Zhychykov (till 71); Ari Moura (Rusyn R., 46); Martynyuk; Habelok; Tkachuk A. (Kapinus, 78); Boryachuk (Sydorov Ol., 46); Dmytrenko Vl. (Remenyuk, 78)
Bench: Martynov I.; Potimkov; Chervak; Farina; Kovalenko I.; Abdullaiev; Owusu R.
Yellow Cards: Habelok 42; Zhychykov 49, 71; Tkachuk A. 60
Red cards: Zhychykov 71'
FC Oleksandriya: Shevchenko M.; Skorko; A. Kravchenko (Savchenko R., 57); Lohinov; Shulianskyi (Kalitvintsev V., 87); Siheev (Vashchenko, 87); Plaksa; Kopyna; Kulakovskyi; Kulakov A.; Geovani R. (Bezerra, 57)
Bench: Dolhyi; Yermakov H.; Hernandez; Shostak De.; Martynyuk O.; Smirniy; Pohorilyi; Andreychuk
Yellow Cards: Plaksa 75; Siheev 82