Match Report
The table read 9th (Nyva Vinnytsya, 16 pts) against 7th (Chayka, 19 pts), 3 points apart. Nyva Vinnytsya had been under-performing their position — 16th on five-round form against 9th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Nyva Vinnytsya 0.78 scored and 1.44 conceded per game, Chayka 0.83 and 1.17, with the league averaging 1.29.
Across 7 recorded meetings, Nyva Vinnytsya have 2 wins to Chayka's 3, with 2 draws, at 2.14 goals per meeting.
The venue was Tsentralnyi miskyi Stadion in Mykolajiv, with room for 25,175 spectators. On the scoreboard, Nyva Vinnytsya led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-1.