Match Report
The table read 2nd (Ukraine, 10 pts) against 4th (Azerbaijan, 1 pts), 9 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Azerbaijan: only 44th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Against a league average of 1.66 goals per team per game, Ukraine ran at 1.67 scored and 1.83 conceded, Azerbaijan at 0.5 and 2.67.
Azerbaijan had not won in 13 games.
Tarczyński Arena in Wroclaw, capacity 45,105, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Ukraine: Oleksiy Gutsulyak (30'), Ruslan Malinovskyi (64') · Azerbaijan: Vitaliy Mykolenko (45' og)