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The U19 title race is over, but the competition for silver medals is still relevant. Currently, Shakhtar sit in the second spot with 50 points (level on points with Karpaty). At the same time, the Miners are among the most prolific league sides (70 goals scored), with their defensive third ranking among the top three most reliable (26 goals conceded). In the previous round, the team of Mykhailo Starostyak shared points with Arsenal-Kyiv – 1-1 (Illia Shevtsov scored for the Donetsk team).
 
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Chornomorets stepped up their performance significantly in the season’s closing part (four wins and two draws in the last six games) and managed to rise to the sixth league position, having 36 points (goal difference of 38-30). A week earlier, Oleksandr Horobets's lads defeated Oleksandriia (1-0) away. We want to mention the Sailors’ confident home win - this spring, they lost only one home game out of five.