The Way Things Stand

So tomorrow is the last day of the season for the Vishe Liha and as I've already said most eyes are on the battle for the championship with shakhtar leading by 1 point ahead of Dynamo. Most other issues have been resolved, as Metalist and Dnipro will be playing in the UEFA Cup and Tavriya will be in the Intertoto. In 6th place are Arsenal, who I will be going to watch, the highest Arsenal can finish is 6th and the lowest they can finish is also 6th. Their opponents, FK Kharkiv will be hoping to avoid the drop. At the bottom of the table are Zakarpattiya, who have already been relegated and they will be joined in the 1st Division with either Naftovik Ukrnafta, who are on 25 points, and who will take on Vorskla at home, Fk Kharkiv on 26 points and Zorya who are on 28 and who play Zakarpattiya away.

As the Vishe Liha finishes I'll be concentrating on the lower divisions. There are still 8 games to play in the 1st division and at the moment it is led by Illichevets Mariupol, who are on 66 points. Obolon are still clinging on to second place with 61 points, but a 4-0 defeat away to FK Lviv this week hasn't done their credentials much good. FK Lviv and Desna Chernihiv are now breathing down their necks on 60 points. Sadly, at the other end of the table CSKA look like being relegated, along with Stal Dnipropetrovsk they are pretty much adrift at the bottom and losing this week to 3rd from bottom Pheonix Illichevets has not done them any good at all.

There's better news in the second division as group A is led by Knyazha, who are based just outside Kyiv in Shastlive ( where Obolon and CSKA-2 have played in the past), although they seem to play at the more accessible stadium in Borisfe. They are currently 10 points clear with 6 games left.

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