Sport Arena names the best in the First League of the 2023/24 season, round by round, and provides exclusive statistics. The best player, wild card, young player, coach and hero of the tour, as well as the best goal, main numbers and much more
Game program of the 4th round (video report here)
| Group “Champion” | Elimination Group |
| Friday, April 12 | Saturday, April 13 |
| SK Poltava – Agribusiness – 2:1 | Podillya – Metallurg – 3:1 |
| Left Bank ‒ Carpathians – 0:1 | Nyva (Ternopil) – FC Chernigov ‒ 0:0 |
| FSK Mariupol ‒ Kudrovka-Niva – 0:0 | Bukovyna – Gornyk-Sport – 1:1 |
| Saturday, April 13 | Sunday, April 14 |
| Ingulets ‒ Epicenter – 1:0 | FC Khust – Kremin – 1:0 |
| Victoria – Prykarpattya ‒ 0:1 | Metalist ‒ Dinaz ‒ 2:0 |
Already traditional:
- Read soon on our website the symbolic team of the next round
interview with the hero of the tour, which Sport Arena determines together with the PFL
And now – our individual nominations:
Karpaty won the seventh match in a row, and against an opponent who is a direct and immediate competitor in the fight for promotion. Having largely departed from the usual style, largely working on leveling the opponent, the Lviv team managed to beat Left Bank on a foreign field – an opponent who had previously lost at home at a professional level only at that time to a representative of the elite – Olimpik and Chernomorets in the Ukrainian Cup, as well as SK Poltava at the first stage. Thanks to the procession without losing points since the first half of November, Karpaty guaranteed themselves a place no lower than fourth – and will definitely fight for the UPL, at least in the playoffs.
- Analysis from the All-Ukrainian Association of Football Coaches – Here.
Diyanchuk replaced Shevchuk in the 59th minute, and in the 78th minute he decided the fate of the match with Kremen. Dmitry boldly intervened in the passing of the goalkeeper and opponent’s defenders, got himself a shot from 18 meters away and sent it right to the target. This is Diyanchuk’s debut goal in the First League (in the 13th match) and for FC Khust as a whole (in the 14th). And immediately victorious!
- SportArena statistics: 13 league matches, 1 goal.
The 20-year-old midfielder was one step away from the UPL – he played for the youth teams of Zarya and Vorskla, but only managed to play one match. And right after the start of the season, he went on loan to Gornyk-Sport, which he spends with great benefit. Tuzenko scored three goals, and all important ones – to the leader of Group “B” Ingulets, in a hot derby Kremlin and now Bukovyna – the favorite of the “Elimination” group.
- Sport Arena statistics: 14 league matches, 3 goals.
There are a lot of good goals – both well played (example: Podlepenets from the Carpathians) and spontaneous ones (example: Diyanchuk from FC Khust). But we liked the somewhat clumsy, but unusual goal of the Khmelnytsky flanker Koreshkov. We quote the report: “Valentin passed Yudin and Khussin at speed and hit the far corner with an accurate billiard shot.”
You can watch the goal on video from 2:42
Read later on our website an interview with the player who provided two assists, secured a goal victory over Agribusiness and topped the list of best assists.
- Sport Arena statistics: 17 league matches, 4 goals, 10 assists.
At 68 min. During the match Left Bank – Karpaty, Kiev defender Yakimiv suffered a serious ankle injury. In Khmelnitsky, Podolia defender Siminin was also replaced early due to injuries / photo: facebook.com/fclbkyiv
The metalhead has been undefeated for seven rounds already – there is something to congratulate! / photo: facebook.com/fcmetalistua
We have new leaders in the list of top scorers and assists: Shcherbak from Poltava caught up with Khoma from Prykarpattya, who missed the reporting round due to too many cards, and Shmigelsky is now the sole leader in assists (the previous one, Zaporozhets, moved from Inhulets to Obolon in UPL).
A few more interesting things
- Karpaty won seven victories in a row – one more, and there will be a season record
- Having scored 57 points, Karpaty guaranteed themselves a place no lower than fourth – that is, the opportunity to fight for the UPL at least through the playoffs.
- Before the defeat from Lviv, the Left Bank had not lost 10 rounds in a row – since 1:2 in Poltava in October
- Metallurg has not won for 8 rounds, Zaporozhye lost the last five matches in the series
- FC Khust won the fourth match in a row – this is a club record in the First League, another victory – in the PFL as a whole
- mentor Khust Tsytkin has already had six effective substitutions – Markevich from the Carpathians has the same number, and only Lupashko from Ingulets and Pervak from the Left Bank have more (8 each)
- last three matches of Podolia newcomer Kulish: goal, goal, assist.
More interesting things in the PFL digital selection, information partner which is the Sport Arena.
Bogdan Shmigelsky is now the best assistant / photo scpoltava.com
Tournament table
- Group “Champion”
- Elimination Group
- Bombers
| Player | Team | Goals | Pen |
| Khoma Andrey | Prykarpattya (Ivano-Frankivsk) | 12 | |
| Shcherbak Dmitry | SK Poltava | 12 | (3) |
| Palagnyuk Vasily | Bukovina (Chernivtsi) | 10 | (3) |
| Spivakov Andrey | Left Bank (Kyiv) | 10 | (5) |
| Igor Neves Alves | Carpathians (Lviv) | 9 | (1) |
| Koltsov Vitaly | Ingulets (Petrovo) | 9 | (6) |
| Kozak Alexander | Ingulets (Petrovo) | 8 | |
| Sukhoruchko Daniil | Left Bank (Kyiv) | 8 | |
| Kravchuk Daniil | Epicenter (Kamenets-Podolsky) | 7 | |
| Ryazantsev Evgeniy | Metallist (Kharkov) | 7 | |
| Garden Valery | Ingulets (Petrovo) | 7 | (3) |
| Palamar Ruslan | Dinaz (Vyshgorod) | 7 | (4) |
| Vivdich Alexander | SK Poltava | 6 | |
| Gorny Maxim | Epicenter (Kamenets-Podolsky) | 6 | (2) |
| Polegenko Pavel | Carpathians (Lviv) | 6 | (3) |
- Assistants
| Player | Team | Passes |
| Shmigelsky Bogdan | SK Poltava | 10 |
| Zaporozhets Evgeniy | ***Ingulets (Petrovo)*** | 8 |
| Kogut Ivan | Left Bank (Kyiv) | 7 |
| Prikhodko Nazar | FC Khust | 7 |
| Astakhov Ernest | Left Bank (Kyiv) | 6 |
| Kostenko Yan | Carpathians (Lviv) | 6 |
| Orobets Ivan | Podolia (Khmelnitsky) | 5 |
| Podlepenets Evgeniy | Carpathians (Lviv) | 5 |
| Tsyutsyura Vasily | Prykarpattya (Ivano-Frankivsk) | 5 |
| Shcherbak Dmitry | SK Poltava | 5 |
- Goal+ass
| Player | Team | Glasses | Goals | Passes |
| Shcherbak Dmitry | SK Poltava | 17 | 12 | 5 |
| Shmigelsky Bogdan | SK Poltava | 14 | 4 | 10 |
| Khoma Andrey | Prykarpattya (Ivano-Frankivsk) | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| Palagnyuk Vasily | Bukovina (Chernivtsi) | eleven | 10 | 1 |
| Spivakov Andrey | Left Bank (Kyiv) | eleven | 10 | 1 |
| Igor Neves Alves | Carpathians (Lviv) | eleven | 9 | 2 |
| Kostenko Yan | Carpathians (Lviv) | eleven | 5 | 6 |
| Kozak Alexander | Ingulets (Petrovo) | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| Kravchuk Daniil | Epicenter (Kamenets-Podolsky) | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| Podlepenets Evgeniy | Carpathians (Lviv) | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| Prikhodko Nazar | FC Khust | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| Koltsov Vitaly | Ingulets (Petrovo) | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Sukhoruchko Daniil | Left Bank (Kyiv) | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| Garden Valery | Ingulets (Petrovo) | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| Polegenko Pavel | Carpathians (Lviv) | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Voitsekhovsky Vladislav | Left Bank (Kyiv) | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Kogut Ivan | Left Bank (Kyiv) | 9 | 2 | 7 |
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All calculations by Arthur Valerko, SportArena.com. The material was written by the author in Ukrainian.
Source: Sportarena
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