Match Report
The table gap was wide: 54 points between Dynamo Kyiv (1st, 68 pts) and Hoverla (13th, 14 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Hoverla 0.5 scored and 1.73 conceded per game, Dynamo Kyiv 2.08 and 0.42, with the league averaging 1.26.
Hoverla had been beaten in three straight games. Momentum sat with Dynamo Kyiv, winners of their last three. Hoverla had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Dynamo Kyiv, 13.
9 meetings are on record — 1 won by Hoverla, 8 by Dynamo Kyiv, 0 drawn, at 3.44 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 67% of the meetings. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 67% of the meetings.
The venue was Stadion Avanhard (Uzhhorod). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.
Goal scorers
Dynamo Kyiv: Andriy Yarmolenko (48'), Evgeniy Khacheridi (78')