The situation in the Ukrainian league's scoring register after the matches of the 9th round was as follows.
The leader, Oleksandr Nazarenko of Polissia, who has 7 goals, was joined by Heorhiy Sudakov of Shakhtar with the same amount of goals. Three players now have 5 goals each: Oleksiy Hutsulyak (Polissya), Ihor Krasnopir (Rukh) and Oleksandr Filippov (Oleksandriya). Artem Bondarenko (Shakhtar) scored four times.
There are still no Dynamo players among the leaders. The best of them - Vitaliy Buyalsky - hit the opposition's goal 3 times.