In the Premier League game on 19 September 2026, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv beat Bukovyna 2:0. Match numbers: shots on target 2:0, possession, % 58.00:42.
Match report
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv beat Bukovyna 2-0 in the Ukrainian Premier League's seventh round of the Regular Season on Saturday. The hosts took control early and never looked back, with two second-half goals settling the contest. By then the visitors had already shown they couldn't trouble the keeper.
C. Paraco opened the scoring in the 52nd minute, and B. Zabergja doubled the lead six minutes later. D. Karas picked up a yellow card for Bukovyna in the 49th minute, just before the breakthrough came. The visitors made three changes at the break — R. Dadashov, V. Vitenchuk and V. Tankovskiy — but the substitution board offered no answers.
Metalist 1925 dominated possession at 58 per cent and registered 62 attacks against the guests' 67. The difference came in finishing: the hosts had nine shots off target and two on, while Bukovyna managed zero shots on target all afternoon. To be fair, the visitors did create more overall pressure, but they couldn't find the final pass or the right angle.
The hosts made four substitutions across the second half — V. Dakhnovskyi came on in the 75th, then P. Itodo and B. Zabergja were paired in the 85th, with Y. Pavlyuk and C. Paraco completing the changes in the 90th. The visitors added M. Talla and R. Gadzhyev at the 68-minute mark, but the game was already beyond reach.
Metalist 1925 moved up to fifth place with 12 points from six games — four wins, two losses. Bukovyna sit 10th with seven points from seven matches, one win and four draws. The hosts extended a run of three straight victories, while the visitors have now gone four games without a win across all competitions.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %58.00–42
Shots on target2–0
Shots off target9–4
Attacks62–67
HT🟨49' D. Karas — Yellow card⚽52' C. Paraco — Goal⇄56' R. Dadashov — Substitution⇄56' V. Vitenchuk — Substitution⇄56' V. Tankovskiy — Substitution⇄68' R. Gadzhyev — Substitution⇄68' M. Talla — Substitution⚽70' B. Zabergja — Goal⇄75' V. Dakhnovskyi — Substitution⇄85' P. Itodo — Substitution⇄85' B. Zabergja — Substitution⇄90' Y. Pavlyuk — Substitution⇄90' C. Paraco — Substitution
