Match Report
2 points for Karpaty (6th), 14 for Desna (3rd): a 12-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Karpaty: only 21st in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 6th. Per game in the league, Karpaty were scoring 1 and conceding 1, Desna 2.3 and 1.8, against a competition average of 1.39 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Karpaty for 11 matches. Over the last five, Karpaty had taken 2 of 15 points to Desna's 10.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 Karpaty win, 2 for Desna, 2 draws, at 2.2 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings.
Stadion Ukrajina in L'viv staged the fixture, a ground that holds 28,051. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Desna led 2-1 at the break, before 5 more goals closed it at 2-6.