UPL Matchday 10 delivers records despite 12-goal low
The Ukrainian top flight’s 10th round produced the lowest goal total of the season. Polissia and Kharkiv extended notable club runs, while several players and teams reached career milestones.
Only 12 goals were scored across Matchday 10 of the Ukrainian Premier League, making it the least productive round of the current campaign. The Ukrainian Premier League reported the statistical review on Monday, October 26.
Polissia recorded their third emphatic league victory over Obolon and stretched their home scoring streak to 15 matches. Their winning run on home soil reached five games, while the club marked its 100th UPL appearance and 20th home clean sheet. LNZ also played for the 100th time in the competition, and Kolos earned their 70th league win.
Shakhtar’s sequence of 17 matches without a draw ended after a spell comprising 15 victories and two defeats. Kharkiv matched a club record by going 10 league fixtures without a draw and extended their record winning streak to six. Kudrivka’s no-draw run reached seven matches, while Epitsentr remained without a victory for a club-record sixth game.
Luka Stankovski of Kolos and Kharkiv’s Sebastian Castillo scored their first league goals. Pavlo Polehenko made his 200th senior top-level appearance, while coaches Ruslan Rotan and Vitaliy Ponomariov each completed 40 league matches in charge of Polissia and LNZ. Maciej Kędziorek became the first Polish head coach in UPL history on his Dynamo debut, with Oleksandr Petrakov also making his league coaching debut at Kryvbas.