Match Report
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka went into the game 3rd in the table on 61 points; Metalist 1925 Kharkiv sat 2nd on 67 — a 6-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv: only 6th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 2nd. Per game in the league, Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka were scoring 2.03 and conceding 0.97, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 2.33 and 0.82, against a competition average of 1.52 goals per team per game.
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv arrived on a run of five straight wins. The last-five ledger: Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 6/15, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 15/15.
Stadion Enerhiya in Nova Kakhovka, capacity 4,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.