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.
With 37 matches recorded and 1.2 yellow cards per game, I. Stashuk was the man in the middle. 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.