Match Report
6 points and 6 places separated them: Olimpik Donetsk 11th with 23, Hirnyk-Sport 5th with 29. Olimpik Donetsk ranked just 15th in the league on five-round form despite their 11th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Olimpik Donetsk 1 scored and 1.21 conceded per game, Hirnyk-Sport 0.75 and 0.85, with the league averaging 1.18.
Olimpik Donetsk arrived off six straight defeats. Hirnyk-Sport were unbeaten in 5. Over the last five, Olimpik Donetsk had taken 0 of 15 points to Hirnyk-Sport's 11.
V. Zaprutnyak took charge of the match — our records show 42 games refereed with an average of 0.8 yellow cards per game. Stadion im. Yuriya Haharina staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,100. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.
Goal scorers
Hirnyk-Sport: Y. Kravchuk (60')