Sport Arena names the best in the First League of the 2023/24 season round after round in individual categories and provides exclusive statistics. Your attention – the best player, joker, coach and hero of the tour, as well as the best goal, the main numbers and much more
Game program of the 3rd round (report with video here)
| Group A | Group B |
| Friday, August 11 | Friday, August 11 |
| Niva (Buzovaya) – Niva (Ternopil) – 2:1 | Flint – Victoria – 0:1 |
| Prykarpattya – Karpaty – 0:1 | FSK Mariupol – SK Poltava – 1:1 |
| Epicenter – Agribusiness – 1:1 | Left Bank ‒ FC Chernihiv ‒ 5:1 |
| Saturday, August 12 | Saturday, August 12 |
| Bukovina – FC Khust – 0:0 | Ingulets ‒ Dinaz ‒ 3:0 |
| Metalist ‒ Podillia – 1:1 | Metallurg – Gornyak-Sport – 0:1 |
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:
The defeat from SC Poltava in the last round was the first loss for the entire time of the performance of the Left Bank in the championships under the auspices of the PFL. Of course, this has led to some drastic reshuffling and updating of key positions in the center of defense and midfield. As a result, the Kyivans outplayed FC Chernihiv in an aggressive sports style, despite the removal of three of their players (there were three red cards in total in the match) and problems in certain positions due to player injuries. The devastating victory won by the Storks is also notable for the fact that for the third time in the season Pervak has an effective substitution – he is the best in the entire First League in this indicator based on the results of three starting rounds.
Analysis from the All-Ukrainian Association of Football Coaches – here.
Litovchenko from Kiev and Zayats from Agribusiness scored after substitutions, Dobrokhotov from Khmelnytsky and Borodenko from Ternopil gave assists “from the bench”. Kamenchanin Bender earned a penalty for a saving goal at the end of the match. Which of these is the most important? We would have noted the Hare, but his goal did not become a winner, and he became a participant in a contraversion moment from the penalty spot. The remaining goals were either not decisive or did not save the teams. But the exit at the 72nd minute of the 20-year-old newcomer of Epicenter instead of Sten was decisive. Bender earned an 11-meter kick, which saved the hosts from defeat in the regional derby.
- Sport Arena stats: 3 league games, 1 penalty earned.
The 20-year-old midfielder replaced FSK Mariupol with Gornyak-Sport in the summer. And in the match with Metallurg, Dmitriev opened the scoring with his goals for the new team in official matches. Having received a pass from the depths, Daniil shifted and shot. Not the strongest blow was complicated by a rebound and the goalkeeper missed the ball in the near. Winning goal in an away match – what could be better for a newcomer?
- Sport Arena stats: 3 league matches, 1 goal.
We have an aesthetic choice: a heel goal from the Khmelnytsky Vasilenko, a “panenka” from the Buzovite Sergiychuk, a juicy shot from the Poltava Shcherbak. However, the best among them is a long-range shot. Quoting the report: “Ternopoliane is about strong-willed qualities. Soon Borodenko, almost falling, pushed the ball to Riznyk, who was walking in a parallel course from the depth of the field, and from 25 meters he planted a handsome goal.
The goal can be seen on the video from 7:42
Read later on our website an interview with a player who scored himself and twice assisted teammates in a match against his former team.
- Sport Arena stats: 3 league matches, 1 goal, 2 assists.
Be cunning like Kostenko! The midfielder of Podolia reliably secured the wall of his team against Metalist. Photo t.me/fcPodillya
The match of two clubs called Niva, in which the Buzovites defeated Ternopil, became the 213th for the head coach of the hosts Igor Zhabchenko (Niva B) at the head of the teams of the First League. He came out on the 10th place in the historical list of guards coaches.
A few more interesting things:
- Buz midfielder Ruslan Palamar scores in each of the three starting rounds
- The 100th match in the First League was held by Roman Kuzmin (Agribusiness)
- Ingulets’ unbeaten club record streak in the First League lasts 16 games: 11 wins and 5 draws
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 | IN | H | P | Mz | MP | +/- | ABOUT | |
| 1 | ‒ | Niva (Buzovaya) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 |
| 2 | ↑1 | Carpathians (Lviv) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 |
| 3 | ↓1 | Epicenter (Kamenets-Podolsk) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
| 4 | ‒ | Niva (Ternopil) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| 5 | ‒ | Agribusiness (Volochisk) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| 6 | ↑1 | Podolia (Khmelnitsky) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 7 | ↑1 | Bukovina (Chernivtsi) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 8 | ↑1 | FC Khust | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | ↓3 | Prykarpattya (Ivano-Frankivsk) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | ‒ | Metalist (Kharkiv) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
- Group B
| M | Team | AND | IN | H | P | Mz | MP | +/- | ABOUT | |
| 1 | ‒ | Ingulets (Petrovo) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 9 |
| 2 | ‒ | Left bank (Kyiv) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | eleven | 4 | +7 | 6 |
| 3 | ↑3 | Gornyak-Sport (Gorishni Plavni) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 4 | ↑4 | Victoria (Nikolaevka) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
| 5 | ↓2 | SK Poltava | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 6 | ↓2 | FK Chernihiv | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 3 |
| 7 | ↓2 | Dinaz (Vyshgorod) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 3 |
| 8 | ↑2 | FSK Mariupol | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 9 | ↓2 | Metallurg (Zaporozhye) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 10 | ↓1 | Flint (Kremenchug) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
- scorers
| Player | Team | Group | goals | Pen. |
| Kozak Alexander | Ingulets (Petrovo) | B | 4 | |
| Palamar Ruslan | Niva (Buzovaya) | A | 3 | (1) |
| Shevchenko Vyacheslav | Dinaz (Vyshgorod) | B | 3 | (2) |
- assistants
| Player | Team | Group | Passes |
| Zaporozhets Eugene | Ingulets (Petrovo) | B | 3 |
| Dedukh Ruslan | Left bank (Kyiv) | B | 2 |
- Goal+pass
| Player | Team | Group | Goal + Pass | goals | Passes |
| Kozak Alexander | Ingulets (Petrovo) | B | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Palamar Ruslan | Niva (Buzovaya) | A | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Shevchenko Vyacheslav | Dinaz (Vyshgorod) | B | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Voitsekhovsky Vladislav | Left bank (Kyiv) | B | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Igor Neves Alves | Carpathians (Lviv) | A | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Sitalo Artem | Ingulets (Petrovo) | B | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Dedukh Ruslan | Left bank (Kyiv) | B | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Zaporozhets Eugene | Ingulets (Petrovo) | B | 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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