Match Report
Metalist, 11th on 22 points, faced a 29-point deficit to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (3rd, 51). Metalist had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 6th in the league over the last five rounds against 11th overall. In league terms the two rates read 1.92/0.85 for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and 0.73/1.77 for Metalist (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.26.
From the last five rounds, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk held 10 points of 15 and Metalist 4.
The sides have met 15 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, 4 draws and 6 for Metalist, at 3.07 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 60% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
The venue was Dnipro Arena in Dnipropetrovs'k, with room for 1,720 spectators. Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 5-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk: Evgen Shakhov (32'), John Jairo Ruiz (65'), Valeriy Luchkevych (71'), Roman Zozulya (74'), John Jairo Ruiz (90')