Match Report
The table gap was wide: 29 points between Dnipro-1 (4th, 52 pts) and Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (16th, 23 pts). Recent form told a different story for Dnipro-1: only 9th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Scoring rates set the scale: Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 1.07 scored and 1.9 conceded per game, Dnipro-1 1.33 and 0.9, with the league averaging 1.24.
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv had not won in 6 games. The last-five ledger: Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 2/15, Dnipro-1 8/15.
4 meetings are on record — 0 won by Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, 4 by Dnipro-1, 0 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 75% of the meetings.
Stadion Livyi Bereh in Kiev staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,000. Dnipro-1 led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-1 full-time score.




