From the 31st of August till the 2nd of September the matches of the 8th round of Ukrainian Premier League took place. Shalhtar took the advantage of the mistake of Dnipro in Poltava and became the individual leader of the championship. Donetsk players beat Arsenal Kyiv in a home match. Dynamo Kyiv which won FC Kharkiv is also stealing up to the top of the tournament table top. There are no any changes in the bottom of the table. Naftovyk-Ukrnafta lost again. This time the team was beaten by his main competitor in a battle for surviving in Premier League Kryvbas.
Position of the leaders: Shakhtar – 22 points, Dnipro – 19, Dynamo – 15, Metalist, Metalurh Zaporizhya – both have 14 points, Chornomorets, Tavriya – both have 11.
