Match Report
The table gap was wide: 26 points between Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (3rd, 54 pts) and Metalurh Donetsk (8th, 28 pts). On recent form Metalurh Donetsk sat only 12th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 8th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1.81 scored and 0.65 conceded per game, Metalurh Donetsk 1.04 and 1.46, with the league averaging 1.34.
The head-to-head ledger counts 11 games: 6 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk wins, 2 for Metalurh Donetsk, 3 draws, at 2.18 goals per meeting.
The venue was Dnipro Arena, with room for 1,720 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.
Goal scorers
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk: Yevgen Konoplyanka (16') · Metalurh Donetsk: Júnior Moraes (11')




