Shakhtar played a draw with Kryvbas in the match of the 4th round of the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL). Enchanting duel in Krivoy Rog ended with a score of 3:3. The Pitmen scored two quick goals – Oleksiy Kashchuk opened the scoring in the 8th minute, and Dmytro Kryskiv doubled the Pitmen's advantage in the 18th minute. On the 24th minute, the Kryvyi Rih team retaliated one goal thanks to the efforts of Dmitry Khomchenovsky. Even before the break, the teams managed to exchange goals again - first, Kryskiv scored a brace in the 43rd minute, but just a minute later, Oleg Kozhushko again reduced the backlog of Yuriy Vernydub's team to a minimum. In the second half, " In the 74th minute, the Kryvyi Rih club remained in the minority - Khomchenovsky earned a direct red card.

This sending off was not the only one in this game – in the 85th minute, the Pitmen's midfielder Artem Bondarenko received a direct red card, and in stoppage time after the second yellow card, the Pitmen's defender Dmytro Chygrynskiy left the field ahead of schedule. Shakhtar lost points for the second time this season. Earlier in the 2nd round, Patrick van Leeuwen's team tied with Veres (1:1). According to the results of the 4th round, the Pitmen are fourth in the UPL with 8 points. Kryvbas is in the sixth position with 7 points. In the 5th round of the UPL, the Donetsk team will meet with Kolos on August 27, and the Kryvyi Rih team will play against Obolon a day later.