Shakhtar defeated Metalist 1925 in the match of the 16th round of the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL). The match at Arena Lviv ended with the score 0:7. In the first half, Igor Jovicevic's wards hit the opponent's goal four times. Oleksandr Zubkov scored a brace, Bohdan Mikhailichenko and Lassina Traore scored another goal. After the break, the Pitmen did not stop and scored three more goals. Ivan Petryak and Yaroslav Rakitskiy scored, for whom this is a debut goal after returning to Shakhtar.

In addition, Kharkiv defender Igor Kurilo scored an own goal.. Shakhtar (36 points) caught up with the league leader Dnipro-1 in the standings, which failed to beat Oleksandriya in this round. " In the next round of the UPL, the Pitmen will play against Kryvbas on March 12, and the Kharkiv club will play against Chornomorets the day before. Recall that on Thursday, March 9, Shakhtar will play the first match of the 1/8 finals of the Europa League with the Dutch Feyenoord in Warsaw.. The game starts at 22:00 Kyiv time.