Shakhtar obtain win against Poltava

GAMES Shakhtar Donetsk won its match against Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian league with a 3-1 score. Shakthar are still the leaders in Ukraine and can challenge Anderlecht next Thursday with a lot of confidence.

Captain Darijo Srna took the lead for Shakthar after only nine minutes. Poltava scored the equalizer after about 35 minutes but Donetsk made the difference in the second half through goals by Taison and Eduardo Da Silva.

Shakhtar Donetsk: Pyatov, Srna, Krivtsov, Rakitskiy, Ismaily, Malyshev, Stepanenko (46' Eduardo), Kovalenko, Marlos (69' Wellington Nem), Taison, Ferreyra (75' Bernard)