KYIV (Interstat) — Zorya defeated Veres Rivne 2-0 on Monday in a Ukrainian Premier League match at Stadion Dynamo imeni Valeriia Lobanovskoho.

Midfielder Artem Slesar opened the scoring in the 19th minute, assisted by substitute Dmytro Klots. Forward Roman Vantukh doubled the advantage in the 60th minute, assisted by substitute Vladyslav Sharai.

Klots was cautioned with a yellow card in the 44th minute and Sharai received one in the 87th minute.

Zorya improved to 1-0 in the league and 1-0 overall. Veres Rivne fell to 0-1 in the league and 0-1 overall.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a 1-1 tie. Interstat’s ELO system gave Zorya an 81.40 percent probability to win.