Ukrainian Premier League

Ukrainian Premier League 2025/2026: standings, schedule and stats

Ukraine
Season 2025/2026
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Data current as of September 07, 2026

About the league: Ukrainian Premier League

Ukrainian Premier League is a soccer league in Ukraine. The 2025/2026 season features 16 teams, with Shakhtar Donetsk leading the standings on 72 points. The schedule runs from August 1, 2025 through May 24, 2026. Games average 2.57 goals, with both teams scoring in 43% of them.

Ukrainian Premier League 2025/2026: season in numbers

Season overview

240 games have been completed in the 2025/2026 Ukrainian Premier League season. Shakhtar Donetsk leads the standings with 72 points.

Scoring trends

Games average 2.57 goals. Both teams score in 43% of games. 47% finish with at least three goals. At least one team keeps a clean sheet in 57% of games.

Home, draw and away results

Home teams win 38% of games. 27% end in a draw. Road teams win 36% of games.

Team leaders

Shakhtar Donetsk has the league's highest scoring average at 2.37 goals per game. Both teams scored in 63% of Dynamo Kyiv's games.

Standings

#TeamMWDL+/-Pts
1Shakhtar Donetsk302262+5072
2LNZ Cherkasy301866+2260
3Polessya301857+3059
4Dynamo Kyiv301767+3057
5Metalist 1925 Kharkiv3013125+1751
6Kolos Kovalivka3013107+549
7Hirnyk301398+748
8Zorya3012108+646
9Karpaty3010119+941
10Epitsentr Dunayivtsi308814-932
11Veres3071013-1431
12Obolon-Brovar3071013-2131
13Kudrivka307716-1628
14Rukh Vynnyky306321-3121
15Oleksandria303819-3417
16SK Poltava302721-5113
UEFA Champions League QualifiersUEFA Conference League QualifiersRelegation Play-offRelegation

League statistics

The 2025/2026 season stats cover 240 completed games.

2.57Average goals / match
43%Both teams scoredBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.
47%Over 2.5 goalsOver 2.5 - at least three goals in the match.
57%Match with a clean sheetClean sheet - a match with no goal conceded.
70%Over 1.5 goalsOver 1.5 - at least two goals in the match.
29%Over 3.5 goalsOver 3.5 - at least four goals in the match.
1.14First-half goals / match
1.43Second-half goals / match
38%Home wins
27%Draws
36%Away wins
68%Goal before half-time
9.6Corners / match
3.7Cards / match

Goal-count distribution

Line 0.5 (at least 1 goal)Over 0.5 - at least one goal in the match.
Over 90%Under 10%
Line 1.5 (at least 2 goals)Over 1.5 - at least two goals in the match.
Over 70%Under 30%
Line 2.5 (at least 3 goals)Over 2.5 - at least three goals in the match.
Over 47%Under 53%
Line 3.5 (at least 4 goals)Over 3.5 - at least four goals in the match.
Over 29%Under 71%
Line 4.5 (at least 5 goals)Over 4.5 - at least five goals in the match.
Over 12%Under 88%

Team rankings

Compare teams by goals per game, BTTS, Over 2.5, clean sheets and corners across completed league games.

Best attack

Goals scored per match

  1. 1Shakhtar Donetsk2.37
  2. 2Dynamo Kyiv2.20
  3. 3Hirnyk1.77
  4. 4Polessya1.70
  5. 5Zorya1.40

Best defense

Goals allowed per game (lower is better)

  1. 1LNZ Cherkasy0.57
  2. 2Metalist 1925 Kharkiv0.63
  3. 3Shakhtar Donetsk0.70
  4. 4Polessya0.70
  5. 5Kolos Kovalivka0.83

Most BTTS

% of matches where both teams scored

  1. 1Dynamo Kyiv63%
  2. 2Zorya60%
  3. 3Hirnyk60%
  4. 4Kudrivka60%
  5. 5SK Poltava47%

Most Over 2.5

% of matches with at least 3 goals

  1. 1Dynamo Kyiv70%
  2. 2Hirnyk67%
  3. 3Shakhtar Donetsk60%
  4. 4SK Poltava60%
  5. 5Zorya53%

Most clean sheets

Games without allowing a goal

  1. 1LNZ Cherkasy20
  2. 2Shakhtar Donetsk17
  3. 3Polessya17
  4. 4Metalist 1925 Kharkiv15
  5. 5Karpaty14

Most corners

Corners per game

  1. 1Dynamo Kyiv6.7
  2. 2Metalist 1925 Kharkiv6.2
  3. 3Shakhtar Donetsk6.0
  4. 4Polessya5.9
  5. 5LNZ Cherkasy5.3

League style

See whether this league tends to produce fast, open or physical matches and how much home advantage matters.

PaceClose to average
Chance qualityBelow average
Home advantageBelow average
IntensityClose to average
OpennessBelow average
Competitive balanceBelow average

Compared with other leagues, Ukrainian Premier League rates close to average for game pace, below average for chance quality and below average for openness. Home advantage is below average, game intensity is close to average, and competitive balance is below average.

Player leaders

Season leaders based on recorded player data.

Top scorers

  1. 1Matviy Ponomarenko13
  2. 2Pylyp Budkivskyi12
  3. 3Andriy Storchous12
  4. 4Gleiker Teodoro Mendoza Barrios11
  5. 5Peter Mandela Itodo10
  6. 6Prosper Soporuchi Obah10
  7. 7Baboucarr Faal9
  8. 8Mykola Gayduchyk9

Top assists

  1. 1Oleksandr Pikhalyonok11
  2. 2Gleiker Teodoro Mendoza Barrios9
  3. 3Nazar Voloshyn8
  4. 4Ehor Tverdokhlib7
  5. 5Vitalii Buyalskyi7
  6. 6Joaquin Carlos Cifuentes Xalmet6
  7. 7Oleksii Hutsulyak6
  8. 8Pedro Victor Delmino da Silva6

Highest ratings

  1. 1Illia Karavashenko8.21
  2. 2Taras Moroz7.78
  3. 3Papa Ndiaga Yade7.41
  4. 4Valeriy Luchkevych7.39
  5. 5Denys Ustymenko7.17
  6. 6Carlos Humberto Rojas Mosquera7.07
  7. 7Maksim Bragaru7.04
  8. 8Roman Volokhatiy6.99

Most minutes

  1. 1Jan Jurčec2,700
  2. 2Bogdan Mykhaylichenko2,668
  3. 3Illia Krupskyi2,623
  4. 4Konstantinos Stamoulis2,610
  5. 5Eduard Sarapyi2,585
  6. 6Denys Kuzyk2,564
  7. 7Vilivald Volodymyr2,544
  8. 8Yevhen Pavliuk2,522

xG table and expected points

Compare team results with the quality of chances they create and allow.

#TeamMxGxG - expected goals, the quality of scoring chances.xGAxGA - expected goals allowed to opponents.xPtsxPts - expected points calculated from xG.PtsDelta
1Shakhtar Donetsk301.940.856072+12
2Dynamo Kyiv301.911.035857-1
3Metalist 1925 Kharkiv301.530.925351-2
4LNZ Cherkasy301.500.995260+8
5Polessya291.651.065056+6
6Karpaty291.621.434338-5
7Kolos Kovalivka291.401.294146+5
8Zorya291.421.384146+5
9Hirnyk291.501.693848+10
10Epitsentr Dunayivtsi301.351.693632-4
11Obolon-Brovar291.121.443428-6
12Rukh Vynnyky301.051.443421-13
13Veres301.061.503331-2
14Kudrivka301.121.583228-4
15Oleksandria280.991.782617-9
16SK Poltava300.912.032213-9

xGxG (expected goals) — how many goals a team should score from the quality of its chances. = xG means expected goals. xPts are calculated from each match xG with a Poisson distribution. The delta column: positive (yellow) means more points than performance suggests; negative (green) means the team plays better than the table shows.

Games and schedule

Results and upcoming games - switch rounds with the arrows or the list.

League schedule

Round 30

8 matches05/21 - 05/24Complete
Shakhtar Donetsk
0 : 1
Kolos Kovalivka
Oleksandria
1 : 1
Hirnyk
Epitsentr Dunayivtsi
0 : 0
SK Poltava
Karpaty
1 : 2
Zorya
Dynamo Kyiv
3 : 2
Kudrivka
Obolon-Brovar
0 : 1
LNZ Cherkasy
Polessya
2 : 0
Rukh Vynnyky
Veres
0 : 1
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Referees in this competition

Compare how often each referee has officiated and the available averages for cards, goals and penalties.

Dmytro Panchyshyn13 matches3.77cards / match2.46goals / match0penalties / matchRoman Blavatskiy13 matches3.23cards / match2.85goals / match0penalties / matchKlym Zabroda12 matches4cards / match1.5goals / match0penalties / matchOleksandr Afanasiev12 matches2.5cards / match2.75goals / match0penalties / matchOleksiy Derevinskyi12 matches3.5cards / match2.42goals / match0penalties / matchViktor Kopievskiy11 matches4cards / match2.45goals / match0penalties / matchAndriy Kovalenko10 matches4.6cards / match2goals / match0penalties / matchVitaliy Romanov10 matches3.2cards / match2.7goals / match0penalties / matchOleg Kogut9 matches4.67cards / match1.78goals / match0penalties / matchOleksandr Kalyonov9 matches3.56cards / match2.78goals / match0penalties / matchOleksandr Shandor9 matches4cards / match3.56goals / match0penalties / matchArtem Mykhaylyuk8 matches2.5cards / match2.13goals / match0penalties / matchDenys Shurman7 matches3.14cards / match1.71goals / match0penalties / matchDmytro Yevtukhov7 matches4.29cards / match2.14goals / match0penalties / matchMykhailo Rayda7 matches3.71cards / match2.43goals / match0penalties / matchOleksandr Omelchenko7 matches3.14cards / match3.86goals / match0penalties / matchDenis Reznikov6 matches4.17cards / match2.5goals / match0penalties / matchDmitriy Kubryak6 matches4cards / match2.17goals / match0penalties / match

FAQ

How many teams play in Ukrainian Premier League?

Ukrainian Premier League has 16 teams in the 2025/2026 season.

When does the 2025/2026 Ukrainian Premier League season start and end?

The 2025/2026 Ukrainian Premier League schedule runs from August 1, 2025 through May 24, 2026.

How many rounds are in the Ukrainian Premier League season?

The 2025/2026 Ukrainian Premier League schedule covers 30 rounds.

Who leads the Ukrainian Premier League standings?

Shakhtar Donetsk leads Ukrainian Premier League with 72 points.

Which team scores the most goals in Ukrainian Premier League?

Shakhtar Donetsk has the league's highest scoring average at 2.37 goals per game.

Which team has the best defense in Ukrainian Premier League?

LNZ Cherkasy allows the fewest goals in Ukrainian Premier League, at 0.57 per game.

How many goals are scored per game in Ukrainian Premier League?

Ukrainian Premier League games average 2.57 goals.

How often do Ukrainian Premier League games finish Over 2.5 goals?

47% of Ukrainian Premier League games finish with at least three goals.

How often do both teams score in Ukrainian Premier League?

Both teams score in 43% of Ukrainian Premier League games.

How often do home teams win in Ukrainian Premier League?

Home teams win 38% of Ukrainian Premier League games.

What does xG show in Ukrainian Premier League stats?

Expected goals (xG) estimates the quality of scoring chances. The Ukrainian Premier League xG table compares each team's xG, expected goals against (xGA) and expected points (xPts) from completed games in the selected season.

Who is the top scorer in Ukrainian Premier League?

Matviy Ponomarenko leads the recorded scoring table in Ukrainian Premier League for 2025/2026 with 13 goals.