Match Report
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, 2nd with 67 points, sat 30 points above Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (8th, 37). Metalist 1925 Kharkiv had been under-performing their position — 6th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Per game in the league, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv were scoring 2.33 and conceding 0.82, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1.73 and 1.03, against a competition average of 1.52 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, winners of their last four.
Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist in Kharkiv staged the fixture, a ground that holds 40,003. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Metalist 1925 Kharkiv led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 3-0.