Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Shakhtar Donetsk 3rd with 62 points, Inhulets 15th with 24, 38 apart. Recent form flatters Inhulets' Petrove's table spot — 7th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 15th. Scoring rates set the scale: Inhulets 0.7 scored and 1.57 conceded per game, Shakhtar Donetsk 2.3 and 0.87, with the league averaging 1.13.
GioScore's database holds 8 meetings between the two: 0 for Inhulets, 8 for Shakhtar Donetsk and 0 drawn, at 2.88 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 63% of the meetings. Goals tend to flow: 63% of the meetings produced three or more.
Stadion Inhulets in Petrovo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 1,720. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 1-4 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Inhulets: R. Volokhatyi (17') · Shakhtar Donetsk: H. Sudakov (66'), A. Bondarenko (90'), A. Bondarenko (2'), H. Sudakov (70')
Key stats
Possession: Inhulets 36% · Shakhtar Donetsk 64% · Total shots: 10-15 · On target: 2-8 · Corners: 5-2