Match Report
13 points for Metalurh Zaporizhya (14th), 14 for Hoverla (13th): a 1-point gap. On the form table Metalurh Zaporizhya stood 9th over the last five rounds, despite being 14th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Metalurh Zaporizhya 0.27 scored and 1.92 conceded per game, Hoverla 0.5 and 1.73, with the league averaging 1.26.
Metalurh Zaporizhya entered with eight losses in a row. Four consecutive defeats weighed on Hoverla.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 4 Metalurh Zaporizhya wins, 2 for Hoverla, 3 draws, at 1.89 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 22% of the meetings.
The match was played at Slavutych-Arena in Zaporozh'ye (capacity 11,983). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.