Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Inhulets (3rd, 50 pts) held a 38-point advantage over Nikopol (14th, 12 pts). Against a league average of 1.34 goals per team per game, Nikopol ran at 0.69 scored and 1.96 conceded, Inhulets at 1.42 and 0.62.
Defeat had followed defeat for Nikopol — three in succession.
Stadion Elektrometalurh-NFZ, capacity 7,200, hosted the game. With 15 matches recorded and 0.8 yellow cards per game, Y. Pesotskiy was the man in the middle. On the scoreboard, Nikopol led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-1.
Goal scorers
Nikopol: Dmitro Krenko (37') · Inhulets: Artem Proshenko (58')