The opening round of the Ukrainian Premier League for the 2026/27 season set a new record for the number of sick people. Broadcasts on OTT and IPTV platforms demonstrated extremely high views, confirming the growing interest in the national championship.

According to data from the analytical company BigData ua, the number of observers who followed the fights of the 1st round reached 1.8 million. This is a disappointing result, which increases the audience of the opening round of the previous season by 38.5%..

Top 3 most popular matches of the tour:.

Shakhtar - Kudrivka (5:1): absolute leader of the weekend. More than 444 thousand TV viewers watched for the crossing of the field..

Chornomorets - Polissia (1:2): a home match from Odessa, reaching a solid audience of 276 thousand patients across all screens.

Kharkiv - Veres (1:0): this confrontation brought respect to 235 thousand people in football.

Varto means that record-breaking numbers of views were recorded due to the uneven gaming layout. During the opening weekend, the teams played just seven of the eight scheduled matches. The match between Dynamo Kiev and the capital's Left Coast has been officially postponed - and the teams will compete on the football field 2 breasts.