Niva Vinnytsia beat Dnister Zaleshchiky 2:0 in their Second League Regular Season match on Saturday. The hosts moved into fourth place after the result, while the visitors remain third. Both sides had collected four points from three games before this fixture.
V. Pogorilyi opened the scoring in the twenty-second minute. A red card for S. Zayets followed just before the break, in the forty-fifth minute plus one. That changed the complexion of the second half, and by then Niva were pushing hard for more.
I. Mendes found the net in the fifty-seventh minute, and Icaro added another in the fifty-eighth. The hosts ran out of legs at times but kept their side in it through sheer desire. Three goals from four events, though the official result reads 2:0 — the numbers don't always tell the full story.
Niva's recent form has been inconsistent. They beat Dinaz Vysyhorod 1:0 last Saturday, after losing to Dynamo Kyiv. Before that came a 4:1 victory over Niva Ternopil II and a goalless draw with Bratislav Vinnytsia. The run of results suggests they're finding their feet.
Dnister have shown a different pattern. A 3:3 draw with Bratislav Vinnytsia followed a 2:0 win over Vilkhovtsi. They beat Podillya Khmelnytskyi 3:2 before that, and took a 2:1 victory against Rukh Vinnyky. The away record against stronger opposition remains the question mark.
The table sees little movement after this round. Four points separates the two sides, with both having played three matches. The goal difference tells a different story — Niva have kept a clean sheet here, while Dnister's defensive issues have surfaced in recent outings.