CHERNIVTSI, UKRAINE (Interstat) — Chornomorets defeated Bukovyna 3-1 on Saturday, May 23, 2026, at Stadion Bukovyna in a Persha Liga match.

Ivan Kohut opened the scoring in the third minute for Chornomorets. Vladyslav Herych doubled the lead in the 50th minute. Vitalii Faraseenko added a goal in the first minute of stoppage time. Bukovyna scored once but the goalscorer was not identified in the available information.

Chornomorets improved to 16 wins, three losses and seven draws in the competition this season. Across all competitions, the club now stands at 20 wins, five losses and 10 draws. Bukovyna fell to 22 wins, one loss and six draws in the league, and 33 wins, 16 losses and nine draws overall.

The victory avenged Chornomorets’s earlier loss to Bukovyna on Nov. 2, 2025, when Bukovyna won 2-1 at Chornomorets. That was the only previous head-to-head meeting this season.

Chornomorets entered the match on a streak of mixed form. In its last five games, the team drew 0-0 with FK Livyi Bereh on May 16, drew 2-2 at Chernihiv on May 9, played a scoreless draw at Alashkert on May 3, won 3-0 against Prykarpattya Ivano-Frank also on May 3, and lost 4-0 at Sumy on April 26. Earlier results included a 1-0 win at FK Probij Horodenka on April 18, a 2-1 win at FK Ahrobiznes Volochysk on April 12, a 2-0 home win over FK Inhulets on April 8, a 1-0 win at Metalurh Zaporizhya on April 3, a 1-1 draw at Yarud Mariupol on March 28, a 1-0 win at FK UKSA on March 21, a 2-1 win at Obolon’ Kyiv on March 15, a 1-0 loss to Dnipro-1 on March 8, a 3-0 loss at FK Vorskla Poltava on Nov. 29, a 4-1 win at Pod Khmelnytskyi on Nov. 22, a 1-0 win at Ternopilsky PFC Nyva on Nov. 16, a 1-1 draw at Metalist Kharkiv on Nov. 8, a 2-1 loss at home to Bukovyna on Nov. 2, a 1-1 draw at FK Livyi Bereh on Oct. 26, a 1-0 win over Chernihiv on Oct. 19, a 0-0 draw at Sumy on Oct. 9, a 2-0 win at FK Probij Horodenka on Oct. 4, a draw at Metalist Kharkiv on Oct. 3, a 1-0 win over FK Ahrobiznes Volochysk on Sep. 28, a 1-1 draw at FK Ahrotekh Tyshkivka on Sep. 24, a 3-2 win at FK Inhulets on Sep. 20, a 3-0 win over Metalurh Zaporizhya on Sep. 13, a 1-0 win at FK UKSA on Aug. 29, and a 2-1 win at Zorya on Aug. 23 with a second 2-1 win over Zorya that same day.

Bukovyna came into the match after a 2-0 loss to FK Polissia on May 22, a 2-2 draw at FK Kulykiv on May 16, a 5-0 win at FK UKSA on May 15, a 2-1 win over PFK Real Farma Odesa on May 10, a 6-0 win at FK Vorskla Poltava on May 9, a 2-0 win at Pod Khmelnytskyi on May 2, a 1-0 win over Ternopilsky PFC Nyva on April 26, a 4-2 loss to Uzhhorod on April 24, a 3-0 loss to FK Dynamo Kyiv on April 21, a 2-1 win at Metalist Kharkiv on April 17, a 3-1 loss to FK Atlet Kyiv on April 13, a 2-1 win at Yarud Mariupol on April 12, a 4-1 loss at Skala Stryi on April 9, a 2-1 win over FK Livyi Bereh on April 8, a 1-0 win at Chernihiv on April 3, a 2-0 loss to FK Nyva Vinnytsya also on April 3, a 2-0 win at Ternopilsky PFC Nyva on March 30, a 3-1 win at Prykarpattya Ivano-Frank on March 29, a 4-0 loss at Uzhhorod on March 22, a 3-1 win at Sumy on March 20, a 3-1 win at FK Probij Horodenka on Nov. 29, a 1-0 loss to FK Polissia also on Nov. 29, a 3-0 win at FK Ahrobiznes Volochysk on Nov. 23, a 2-1 loss to FK Atlet Kyiv on Nov. 21, a 1-1 draw at FK Inhulets on Nov. 15, a 2-1 loss to Ternopilsky PFC Nyva on Nov. 12, a 3-0 win at Metalurh Zaporizhya on Nov. 8, a 0-0 draw at FK Nyva Vinnytsya on Nov. 7, a 3-1 loss to FK Vilkhivtsi on Nov. 3, and the 2-1 win at Chornomorets on Nov. 2.

Chornomorets next hosts Metalist Kharkiv on Monday, June 1. Bukovyna travels to Metalurh Zaporizhya on the same day.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Bukovyna 1, Chornomorets 1. Interstat’s ELO system gave Bukovyna a 54.90 percent probability to win.