Sport Arena names the best in the First League of the 2022/23 season round after round in individual categories and provides exclusive statistics
Game program of the 3rd round (report with video here)
| Group A | Group B |
| Saturday, September 10 | Friday, September 9 |
| Polissya ‒ FSK Mariupol – 4:2 | SK Poltava – Metallurg – 1:2 |
| Dinaz – Epicenter – 1:3 | LNZ – Flint – 2:0 |
| Sunday, September 11 | Saturday, September 10 |
| Prykarpattya – Niva (Ternopil) – 1:0 | FC Chernihiv – Obolon – 0:1 |
| Karpaty (Lviv) – Bukovina – 4:0 | Skoruk – Gornyak-Sport – 1:1 |
Already traditional:
- read soon on our website the symbolic team of the next round
- interview with the hero of the tour, which the Sport Arena determines together with the PFL
And now – our individual nominations:
And who will now remember that the Lviv team are newcomers to the division, who have just moved up in the class? Three “dry” victories in a row at the start of the new season confirmed the status of the Karpaty as one of the favorites of the season, they are already demanding results, victories are perceived as expected and due. We note the stability of the Lviv team at the start of the season and its leadership, and the match against Bukovina (4-0 home win) is an example of the game of modern Carpathians under the leadership of Tlumak.
Analysis from the All-Ukrainian Association of Football Coaches – here.
We have several players at once, luxuriously entered the game from the bench. Shastal from Zhytomyr managed to score with an assist, Mogilny from Zaporozhye and Chernov from Obolonets earned a penalty for the winning goals of their teams. And we liked more how the experienced and technical midfielder Sondey strengthened the game after coming on as a substitute. The Prykarpattian immediately after the break for the first time had a sighting on Niva’s goal, and then scored a beautiful ball into the goal of Ternopil, famously taking Tsyutsyura’s throw and breaking through without a chance for rivals.
Sport Arena stats: 3 league matches, 1 goal.
The most effective player of the debutant team of the First League is at the same time among the youngest in its composition. 21-year-old Gorny, having returned from Slovakia, liked Munkács back in the MFA, where he regularly scored in the Second League. Now Maxim has reached a new level of skill – in three matches after promotion in the Epicenter class, the newcomer scored three effective actions, in Demidov he contributed to the strong-willed victory of Kamenchan over Dinaz with two goals.
Sport Arena stats: 3 league matches, 2 goals, 1 assist.
Yes, what is it! Either “fresh” tours, or goals like from a cornucopia! In this round, Sondey from Carpathia, Seythalilov from Gornyak-Sport could claim this nomination, and Bykovsky from Mariupol generally provided us with two beautiful goals in the rubric. The first one – a cut blow to the nine – we leave in the nominees. And the winner is a real masterpiece! Quoting the report: “After Kharzhevsky’s out, Gitchenko put pressure on Igor, and it seemed that at the corner of the penalty area, the Mariupol midfielder would have no where to go. But Bykovsky cunningly turned around and launched the ball in an arc into the far corner with his left foot for execution – 2:2! Somewhere Arjen Robben choked on a tea.”
Goal can be seen on video from 2:22
Read later on our website an interview with a player who scored twice against FSK Mariupol and earned a penalty for another goal.
Sport Arena stats: 3 league matches, 4 goals.
Football is pain. Photo: fckarpaty.org.ua
💪⚽️🥊 Olympic champion, world and European boxing champion among amateurs, world champion among professionals Oleksandr Usyk attended the Polesie-FSK Mariupol match, met with the fans and congratulated the Zhytomyr team on their victory.
39-year-old Oleksandr Kovpak (a former striker of the Ukrainian national team, whose achievements include the title of the top scorer of the season in the UPL and the Ukrainian Cup) made his debut as head coach of the LNZ Cherkasy with a victory.
- A few more interesting things:
Alexander Batalsky scored the 67th goal in the First League and caught up with Vadim Oleinik and Sergey Kucherenko in this indicator, who share 11-12 places in the list of the best goalscorers in the entire 30-year history of the First League.
Flint missed the 200th guest goal in the First League (2nd goal of the LNZ)
- The 150th match in the First League was held by Vladislav Ogirya (Polesie), the 50th by Ambrose Chachua (Karpaty) and Maxim Protsiv (Niva).
More interesting things – in the digital selection of the PFL, the information partner of which is Sport Arena.
- Tournament table after the 3rd round
- Group A
| M | Team | And | AT | H | P | RM | O | |
| one | ↑1 | Carpathians | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8-0 | 9 |
| 2 | ↓1 | Polissya | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9-3 | 9 |
| 3 | – | Epicenter | 3 | 2 | 0 | one | 6-4 | 6 |
| four | ↑1 | Prykarpattya | 3 | one | one | one | 2-4 | four |
| 5 | ↓1 | Dinaz | 3 | 0 | 2 | one | 2-4 | 2 |
| 6 | ↑2 | Niva | 3 | 0 | one | 2 | 1-3 | one |
| 7 | ↓1 | FSK Mariupol | 3 | 0 | one | 2 | 3-8 | one |
| eight | ↓1 | Bukovina | 3 | 0 | one | 2 | 1-6 | one |
- Group B
| M | Team | And | AT | H | P | RM | O | |
| one | ↑1 | Metallurgist | 3 | 2 | one | 0 | 7-5 | 7 |
| 2 | ↑1 | Obolon | 3 | 2 | one | 0 | 3-1 | 7 |
| 3 | ↑3 | LNZ Cherkasy | 3 | one | one | one | 3-2 | four |
| four | ↓3 | Flint | 3 | one | one | one | 6-6 | four |
| 5 | – | Skoruk | 3 | 0 | 2 | one | 3-5 | 2 |
| 6 | ↑1 | Gornyak-Sport | one | 0 | one | 0 | 1-1 | one |
| 7 | ↓3 | FK Chernihiv | 2 | 0 | one | one | 1-2 | one |
| eight | – | SK Poltava | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-4 | 0 |
- scorers
| Player | Team | goals | Pen. |
| Budkovsky Fillill | Polissya (Zhytomyr) | four | |
| Sidorov Alexey | Metallurg (Zaporozhye) | four | (one) |
| Chachua Ambrosius | Carpathians (Lviv) | 3 | |
| Bikovsky Igor | FSK Mariupol | 2 | |
| Vivdich Alexander | Flint (Kremenchug) | 2 | |
| Galata Denis | Flint (Kremenchug) | 2 | |
| Kushnirenko Bogdan | Polissya (Zhytomyr) | 2 | |
| Puchkovsky Taras | Epicenter (Kamyanets-Podolsky) | 2 | |
| Taranukha Rostislav | Carpathians (Lviv) | 2 | |
| Tishchenko Ivan | LNZ (Cherkasy) | 2 | |
| Batalsky Alexander | Obolon (Kyiv) | 2 | (one) |
| Gorny Maxim | Epicenter (Kamyanets-Podolsky) | 2 | (one) |
| Gritsuk Vasily | Polissya (Zhytomyr) | 2 | (2) |
| Garden Valery | Metallurg (Zaporozhye) | 2 | (2) |
- assistants
| Player | Team | Passes |
| Shevchenko Evgeny | Epicenter (Kamyanets-Podolsky) | 3 |
| Belotserkovets Vladimir | Metallurg (Zaporozhye) | 2 |
| Kozhanov Denis | Carpathians (Lviv) | 2 |
| Savin Anton | LNZ (Cherkasy) | 2 |
| Shcherbak Dmitry | SK Poltava | 2 |
- Goal+pass
| Player | Team | Goal + Pass | goals | Passes |
| Budkovsky Philip | Polissya (Zhytomyr) | four | four | 0 |
| Sidorov Alexey | Metallurg (Zaporozhye) | four | four | 0 |
| Chachua Ambrosius | Carpathians (Lviv) | four | 3 | one |
| Gorny Maxim | Epicenter (Kamyanets-Podolsky) | 3 | 2 | one |
| Gritsuk Vasily | Polissya (Zhytomyr) | 3 | 2 | one |
| Belotserkovets Vladimir | Metallurg (Zaporozhye) | 3 | one | 2 |
| Kozhanov Denis | Carpathians (Lviv) | 3 | one | 2 |
| Shevchenko Evgeny | Epicenter (Kamyanets-Podolsky) | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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All calculations – Artur Valerko, SportArena.com. The material is written by the author in Ukrainian.
Source: Sportarena
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