Match Report
The table gap was wide: 28 points between Metalurh Zaporizhya (1st, 45 pts) and Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka (13th, 17 pts). Metalurh Zaporizhya's recent output lagged their position: 5th on form over five rounds while 1st in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 1 scored and 2 conceded per game, Metalurh Zaporizhya 1.79 and 0.37, with the league averaging 1.44.
Defeat had followed defeat for Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka — four in succession. Metalurh Zaporizhya entered with ten wins in a row, having scored in 11 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 1/15, Metalurh Zaporizhya 15/15.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 0, draws 1, Metalurh Zaporizhya 3, at 2 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 25% of the wins in this matchup. Historically tight: 25% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Stadion Enerhiya in Nova Kakhovka staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,000. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.




