Match Report
13 points and 2 places separated them: Metal Kharkiv 5th with 30, Hirnyk-Sport 7th with 17. Hirnyk-Sport ranked just 35th in the league on five-round form despite their 7th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Metal Kharkiv 2.7 scored and 3.4 conceded per game, Hirnyk-Sport 0.89 and 1.78, with the league averaging 2.06.
Hirnyk-Sport's winless run stood at 10. From the last five rounds, Metal Kharkiv held 10 points of 15 and Hirnyk-Sport 3.
The venue was Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist in Kharkiv, with room for 40,003 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-2.