--- title: "UPL, Matchday 5: Veres and Zorya traded goals with VAR intervention, Epitsentr and Bukovyna failed to score — a matchday with no winners" description: "The Sunday programme of UPL Matchday 5 passed without winners: Veres and Zorya drew 1:1 with VAR intervention, while Epitsentr and Bukovyna failed to score. Shakhtar and Karpaty lead with 12 points." date: 2026-09-06T17:38:00.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/upl-matchday-5-veres-zorya-epitsentr-bukovyna-draws-en tags: [ukrainian-premier-league, upl, veres, zorya, epitsentr, bukovyna, football, var] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # UPL, Matchday 5: Veres and Zorya traded goals with VAR intervention, Epitsentr and Bukovyna failed to score — a matchday with no winners ## 🎯 Key Points - The Sunday programme of UPL Matchday 5 passed without winners: Veres — Zorya 1:1, Epitsentr — Bukovyna 0:0. - In the Veres — Zorya match, Sharai's goal (22') gave the hosts the lead, while Jevic equalised; one of Jevic's goals was disallowed by VAR for offside. - Epitsentr (8 points, 5th place) and Bukovyna (6 points, 8th place) failed to score despite an abundance of chances. - Shakhtar and Karpaty lead with 12 points each; earlier in the round, Shakhtar secured a come-from-behind victory over Karpaty. The Sunday programme of Matchday 5 of the Ukrainian Premier League turned out to be maximally uncompromising tactically and, at the same time, surprisingly peaceful in the final whistles. After Kyiv's Dynamo drew a goalless stalemate with Cherkasy's LNZ, the remaining pairs of the matchday also failed to determine a winner: neither in Rivne nor in Kamianets-Podilskyi did the teams find enough keys to each other's goals to take all three points. This is reported by Sport RBC.UA, citing the official website of the Premier League. ### Veres — Zorya: goals, VAR and missed chances In Rivne, local side Veres hosted Luhansk's Zorya, and the hosts took the lead already in the first half. In the 22nd minute, Vladyslav Sharai headed home from close range, finishing off a precise pass from Goncalves to open the scoring. The response from the Luhansk side, however, was not long in coming: just nine minutes later, Domagoj Jevic broke clear one-on-one with the goalkeeper and equalised. A VAR review confirmed that the Croatian winger was not in an offside position at the moment of the shot, and the goal was awarded. In the second half, the initiative and the chances still belonged to both sides. Goncalves could have put Veres back in front, but his shot was neutralised by the Luhansk goalkeeper, Oleksandr Saputin. Later, Jevic scored again past the hosts' goal, but this time the referee disallowed the goal due to an offside position. The match ended in a goal-filled 1:1 draw, which both the participants and the observers described as a battle. ### Goalless draw in Kamianets-Podilskyi In the final match of the day, Kamianets-Podilskyi's Epitsentr and Chernivtsi's Bukovyna also failed to determine a stronger side. Both teams arrived at this fixture riding a wave of impressive results from the previous round: a week earlier, the Chernivtsi club had sensationally beaten Dynamo 3:0, while Epitsentr had crushed Kudrivka by the same scoreline. This time, despite an abundance of goal-scoring chances created by both sides, the final whistle recorded a 0:0 draw — neither team managed to convert their opportunities into goals. ### The table and the league leaders After five matches played, Epitsentr has collected 8 points and sits in 5th place in the table, while Bukovyna has 6 points to their name and is placed 8th. Zorya, with 7 points, is 7th, and Veres, with 5 points, is 9th. The league is led by Donetsk's Shakhtar and Lviv's Karpaty, who have 12 points each; meanwhile, in the central match of Matchday 5, Shakhtar secured a come-from-behind victory over Karpaty, which allowed the Donetsk side to catch the Lvivians at the top of the table. ## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification - [UPL: Veres and Zorya drew a battle, Epitsentr and Bukovyna failed to score (video)](https://sport.rbc.ua/ukr/football/upl-veres-i-zorya-rozpisali-boyovu-nichiyu-1788716118.html) - Первичный источник с результатами, голами, минутами, действиями ВАР и позициями в таблице. Полностью соответствует основному тексту. - [Battle draw between Veres and Zorya: watch the goal video](https://terrikon.com/posts/583061) - Подтверждает факт боевой ничьей между «Вересом» и «Зарей» и наличие голов в матче. - [Zorya - Veres. 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Veres opened the scoring in the 22nd minute with a goal by Vladyslav Sharai, and Domagoj Jevic equalised; one of Jevic's subsequent goals was disallowed due to an offside position. ### Q: What role did the VAR system play in this match? **A:** VAR confirmed that Jevic's goal in the 31st minute was valid (the Croatian was not offside), and later disallowed another goal by the same player due to an offside position. ### Q: What happened in the Epitsentr — Bukovyna match? **A:** The teams drew 0:0, despite an abundance of goal-scoring chances on both sides. A week earlier, both clubs had won 3:0 (Bukovyna over Dynamo, Epitsentr over Kudrivka). ### Q: Who leads the UPL table after Matchday 5? **A:** Donetsk's Shakhtar and Lviv's Karpaty lead with 12 points each; in the central match of the round, Shakhtar secured a come-from-behind victory over Karpaty. ### Q: What positions do Epitsentr, Bukovyna, Zorya and Veres occupy? **A:** Epitsentr — 5th place (8 points), Zorya — 7th (7 points), Bukovyna — 8th (6 points), Veres — 9th (5 points).