Intro:

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk continued their perfect start to the new Ukraine Premier League season with a 1-0 win at Metalurg Zaporizhya on Friday (August 15).

Script:

Having suffered an early exit from Champions League qualification Dnipro were looking to keep their early domestic season on track.

Unbeaten against Ukrainian opposition since early May, Dnipro almost went ahead early on against Metalurh Zaporizhya, yet Ruslan Rotan fluffed his attempted chip.

The pressure was unrelenting from Dnipro in the second half and in the 59th minute the runners up from last year had the goal they deserved,

Artem Fedetskiy's cross-come-shot was deflected past the Metalurh goalkeeper by defender Vitali Lisitski.

Shortly after Dnipro were back on the attack.

Konoplyanka the reported target of a number of English clubs this summer played an inviting ball in yet Croatian Nikola Kalinic somehow missed from five yards.

The miss was inconsequential and the 1-0 win means four wins out of four now and Dnipro sit level at the top with likely title rivals Shakhtar Donetsk.