The Miners have lost points for the seventh time in the current Ukrainian championship.
Shakhtar played a draw with Kryvbas in the match of the 20th round of the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL) of the 2024/25 season. The match at the Arena Lviv ended with a score of 1:1 .
The start of the match was postponed by 20 minutes due to an air raid alarm. The first half of the match ended without any goals scored.
At the beginning of the second half, Yuriy Vernydub's team opened the scoring – in the 57th minute, Venezuelan forward Gleyker Mendoza scored his first goal in the Krivoy Rog club's jersey.
Ten minutes later the miners got even – Artem Bondarenko made a precise strike. The Donetsk and Krivoy Rog players were unable to determine the winner, ending in a draw.
Thus, Marino Pusic's team lost points for the seventh time in the current Ukrainian championship.
Review of the match “Shakhtar” – “Krivbass”
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Shakhtar (40 points) remained in third place in the UPL, not taking advantage of the opportunity to displace Oleksandria (41 points) from second place. Dynamo (50 points), which played one match more, is leading the championship.
“Kryvbas” (32 points) is in 5th place in the elite division of the Ukrainian championship. With a game in hand, Vernydub's team is 2 points behind “Polesye” in fourth place.
In the next round, Shakhtar will play against Karpaty on March 11, and Kryvbas will measure its strength against Left Bank on March 15.