Dnipro-1 and Oleksandriya played a draw in the 16th round of the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL). The duel at Nika stadium in Alexandria ended with the score 2:2. Oleksandr Kuchar's wards took the lead in the 23rd minute - Domingo Blanco sent the ball into the goal, receiving a pass from Artem Dovbik. However, after seven minutes, the score on the scoreboard became equal again - Emil Mustafaev scored for the Alexandrians. In the second half, the match was interrupted due to air raids, and the teams went to cover. After the end of the game, the game resumed. At the 58th minute, Dnipro-1 took the lead for the second time in this meeting - Dovbik converted a one-on-one with the goalkeeper. It is worth noting that the Dnipro forward was clearly offside, but in the absence of the VAR system, the team of referees made a goal error and counted this goal. However, at the end of the game, the team of Ruslan Rotan, for whom this was only the second match as a mentor of the Alexandrians, managed to avoid defeat. In the 88th minute, Mustafaev scored a brace and brought the hosts a draw.

Dnipro-1 (36 points) remains in first place in the UPL, but risks losing the lead at the end of the round. Dnipro are three points ahead of Shakhtar, which will play Metalist 1925 on March 5. The assets of " In the next round, the Dnipro team will face Dynamo on March 12, and the Oleksandrians will face Minay the day before.. Recall that Dnipro-1 completed its performances in the current European Cup season. In the 1/16 finals of the Conference League, the Dnipro team lost to the Cypriot club AEK Larnaca.