Match Report
Five consecutive wins preceded this game for Bahrain, having scored in 7 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 4/15 points for Ukraine against 15/15 for Bahrain.
The venue was Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist in Kharkiv, with room for 40,003 spectators. The referee was P. Orel, with 94 matches in our database and 1.5 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.