FC Bucha Fortuna beat Tigers 6:2 in Brovary on Saturday, 17 October, in round 9 of the top division of the Kyiv region championship.

This is shown by the Kyiv Regional Football Association match report.

How it happened

An own goal by home player Shevchenko opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Mykyta Sviderskyi scored in the 14th, and Mykyta Dzen netted twice, in the 21st and 31st minutes. Bucha went into the break 4:0 up.

In the second half Tigers pulled one back through Iliasov in the 68th minute. In the 70th Artem Tierekhov scored Bucha’s fifth, and a minute later Yehor Shulha headed an opponent’s free kick into his own net. Vadym Strupinskyi set the final score in the 88th minute.

For Tigers it was a ninth defeat in nine matches this season. The Brovary side have now conceded 98 goals and scored five.

What it means in the table

Bucha are sixth with 13 points from seven matches: four wins, a draw and two defeats, with goals 19:9. They have played fewer games than most rivals, because air raid alerts interrupted two of their games: the round 1 match against Partyzan in the 56th minute and the game against Tytan in the 67th. The Partyzan match is due to be completed in early November.

Kalynivka lead with 25 points. Bucha are two points behind second-placed Denhoff and third-placed Tytan.

What comes next

On Wednesday, 21 October, Bucha play Tytan in the second leg of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup quarter-final. In the regional championship they then travel to Partyzan in Kodra on 24 October.

As a reminder, before the match we looked at the form Bucha took to Brovary.

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