Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Lokomotiv Kyiv (1st, 70 pts) held a 56-point advantage over Hirnyk-Sport (11th, 14 pts). Hirnyk-Sport had been under-performing their position — 20th on five-round form against 11th in the table.
Lokomotiv Kyiv came in having won three on the spin, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Hirnyk-Sport had gone 7 games without a win. The five-game form split read 13/15 points for Lokomotiv Kyiv against 1/15 for Hirnyk-Sport.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Lokomotiv Kyiv 3, draws 0, Hirnyk-Sport 1, at 2 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 75% of the meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
Goal scorers
Lokomotiv Kyiv: Bohdan Mordas (10'), Ivan Melnychenko (6'), Dmytro Pudy (86'), Oleksandr Savchuk (48'), Illya Zubkov (64')
Key stats
Possession: Lokomotiv Kyiv 68% · Hirnyk-Sport 32% · Total shots: 15-8 · On target: 9-1 · Corners: 6-0