The 9th round of the Ukrainian Premier League season-2025/2026 has concluded. The central match took place in Zhivdor, where the local "Polissya" hosted "Shakhtar." The encounter was tense but ended goalless — 0:0.

"Dynamo" played back-to-back night matches — this time as visitors against "Zorya" (1:1). Competitors' losses benefited "Kryvbas," which won in Lviv against the local "Ruh" with a score of 2:1. The team coached by Patrick van Leeuwen has accumulated 19 points and leads Donetsk's "Shakhtar" by one point. Both "Dynamo" and LNZ (the club from Cherkasy defeated "Kolos" at home) have 17 points.

In the race for top scorers, a two-way tie is observed: forward of "Zorya," Pilyp Budkivskyi, scored his fifth goal of the season and caught up with Shakhtar's attacker Gleicer Mendozu.

Players called by Serhiy Rebrov for October matches of Ukraine's Under-21 team against Iceland (5:3) and Azerbaijan (2:1) participated in this round: in Dynamo's lineup — Nazar Voloshin (substituted at the 82nd minute), Vladymyr Brahtsyo (came on as a substitute at the 74th minute); in Shakhtar's lineup — Dmytro Ryzhnik, Valeriy Bondar, Oleksandr Ocheretko (substituted at the 46th minute), Mykola Matviienko (came on as a substitute at the 75th minute) and Artem Bondarenko (came on as a substitute at the 46th minute); in Metalist 1925's lineup — Ivan Kalyuzhnyi; in Polissya's lineup — Bohdan Mykhailichenko, Vladyslav Velitnenko (substituted at the 46th minute) and Oleksandr Nazarenko (came on as a substitute at the 46th minute).

The next round, the 10th round of UPL, will start on Friday, October 24 and last for three days.

9th Round

October 17, 2025

"Poltava" — "Obolon" — 1:2 (0:1)

Goals: Marusich (90+4, from the penalty) — Sukhanov (34, 52, from the penalty).

October 18, 2025

"Ruh" — "Kryvbas" — 1:2 (0:1)

Goals: Fal (84) — Parako (23), Zaderaka (53).

"Zorya" — "Dynamo" — 1:1 (0:0)

Goals: Budkivskyi (84) — Bulyal'skyi (61).

"Polissya" — "Shakhtar" — 0:0

October 19, 2025

LNZ — "Kolos" — 1:0 (0:0)

Goal: Prosper (75, from the penalty).

"Veres" — "Oleksandria" — 1:1 (0:0)

Goals: Stamulis (56) — Hussein (90+3).

"Karpaty" — "Epizentrum" — 1:3 (0:0)

Goals: Pauulo (63) — Mironiuk (59), Klimets (61), Moroz (86).

October 20, 2025

"Kudryvka" — "Metalist 1925" — 1:1 (1:0)

Goals: Shtorchous (35) — Itodo (67).

Results and standings

10th Round

October 24, 2025

"Oleksandria" — "Epizentrum" (15:30)

"Veres" — "Zorya" (18:00)

October 25, 2025

"Metalist 1925" — LNZ (13:00)

"Karpaty" — "Ruh" (15:30)

"Obolon" — "Polissya" (18:00)

October 26, 2025

"Poltava" — "Kolos" (13:00)

"Shakhtar" — "Kudryvka" (15:30)

"Dynamo" — "Kryvbas" (18:00)