The meeting was held at the Avangard stadium in Uzhgorod and ended with the victory of the Luhansk club with a score of 3:1.

Patrick van Leeuwen's wards quickly took the lead - already in the 7th minute Egor Nazarina converted a penalty.

In the 30th minute, Denis Bezborodko doubled the advantage of the nominal hosts, assisted by Vladislav Kabaev.

After the break, the combination of Kabaev - Bezborodko worked again. The first one gave an assist for the second time, and the second scored a brace.

In the 73rd minute, the Poltava team reduced the gap in the score - Denis Oleinik converted a penalty, but the " Thus, Viktor Skripnik at the head of Vorskla lost to his former team at the start of the new UPL season.

In the second round, Vorskla will host Veres on August 27, while Zorya will play an away match against Lvov on the same day..

Recall that in the opening match of the UPL-2022/23, Shakhtar failed to beat Metalist 1925.