Match Report
Both sides brought 4 points into this one — Chornomorets 13th, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 11th. Chornomorets had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 9th in the league over the last five rounds against 13th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Chornomorets 0.5 scored and 1 conceded per game, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1.25 and 1.75, with the league averaging 1.11.
Chornomorets arrived off three straight defeats. The last-five ledger: Chornomorets 2/15, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 10/15.
8 meetings are on record — 3 won by Chornomorets, 5 by Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, 0 drawn, at 2.63 goals per meeting. 63% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 63%.
O. Solovyan officiated: 28 games logged, averaging 1.5 yellow cards each. The venue was Stadion Chornomorets, with room for 34,164 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Chornomorets: Vitaliy Faraseyenko (77')
Key stats
Possession: Chornomorets 50% · Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 50% · Total shots: 4-4 · On target: 4-1 · Corners: 2-6