Niva Vinnytsia took three points from their fifth round fixture against Niva Ternopil II in the Druha Liha regular season. The hosts ran out 4-1 winners at home on 4 September 2026. And here's the thing — you don't need a spreadsheet to see how it unfolded. The visitors never really got going.
A. Zagorulko opened the scoring inside three minutes, catching the visitors cold. To be fair, Niva Ternopil II had not looked comfortable since kickoff. Y. Yakymchuk doubled the advantage at the 12-minute mark.
By then the match was slipping away, and Icaro stepped in to make it 3-0 at 23 minutes. He never got going in the first half, but that changed when the game settled. This is the sort of moment where tactics matter more than formation — the space opened and he took it.
Icaro turned it on again in the second half, adding a fourth at 47 minutes. The visitors pulled one back through M. Kramarchuk in stoppage time. The hosts had nothing to do all evening after that.
The result keeps Niva Vinnytsia in fourth place on four points from three games. Niva Ternopil II move up to second with six points, though they have lost one of three matches this season. The table goes out of the window in these games. Cup football has its own rules.