The 12th round of the Ukrainian Premier League season-2025/2026 has concluded, and all matches were not only decisive but ended without any draws.

The most goal-laden match took place in Lviv, where league leader Shakhtar Donetsk defeated newcomer Poltava with a score of 7-1. This victory allowed Ard Turan's team to pull away from their closest pursuers, Polissya and LNZ, by four points.

Moreover, the Cherkasy club created the biggest upset of the round — Vitaliy Ponomaryov's team defeated current champion Dynamo Kyiv with a score of 1-0 in Kiev.

In the goal-scoring race, there is a tie at the top: Mykola Hayduchik (Polissya) and Pylyp Budkivskyi (Zorya) each have six goals and lead the list of best snipers.

Players called up by Serhiy Rebrov for Ukraine's U21 team matches against France on November 13 and Iceland on November 16 participated in this round: Taras Mykhalko, Oleksandr Karavaev, and Mykola Shaparenko (substituted at the 65th minute) from Dynamo; Dmytro Ryzhnik, Mykola Matviyenko, Yurim Konoplia, Oleh Ocheretnyk (goal), and Valeriy Bondar (substituted at the 85th minute) from Shakhtar; and Yevhenii Volynets, Bohdan Mykhailichenko, and Oleksiy Hutsulyak from Polissya.

The next, 13th round of the UPL will start on Friday, November 21 and last four days.

Round 12

07.11.2025

Epicenter - Obolon - 1:2 (0:2)

Goals: Sidun (74) — Ustimenko (11), Slobodyan (15, from the penalty spot).

Kudryvka - Kolos - 1:3 (1:0)

Goals: Storchous (35) — Rrapai (69, from the penalty spot), Klimchuk (80), Tsuriyov (85).

08.11.2025

Metalist 1925 - Zorya - 1:3 (1:2)

Goals: Rashytsia (31, from the penalty spot) — Budkivskyi (8), Vantukh (34), Slesar (47).

Veres - Ruh - 1:0 (0:0)

Goal: Boyko (55).

Karpaty - Kryvbas - 1:0 (0:0)

Goal: Bruniniyo (47).

Red card: Kemkin (16, Kryvbas, last chance foul).

09.11.2025

Oleksandria - Polissya - 0:3 (0:1)

Goals: Hayduchik (9), Sarapiy (48), Nazarenko (84).

Dynamo - LNZ - 0:1 (0:1)

Goals: Pastukh (45+1).

Shakhtar - Poltava - 7:1 (2:0)

Goals: Marron (3), Pedrinho (17), Egynaldo (57), Ocheretnyk (62), Nerveton (82), Konoplia (90), Pidlepych (90+3, own goal) — Galenkov (53).

Results and standings

Round 13

21.11.2025

Poltava - LNZ (15:30)

22.11.2025

Karpaty - Metalist 1925 (13:00)

Kolos - Dynamo (15:30)

Obolon - Shakhtar (18:00)

23.11.2025

Kryvbas - Veres (13:00)

Polissya - Epicenter (15:30)

Ruh - Kudryvka (18:00)

24.11.2025

Zorya - Oleksandria (18:00)