Match Report
Karpaty, 1st with 45 points, sat 15 points above Metal Kharkiv (5th, 30). On recent form FC Metalist Kharkiv sat only 19th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Karpaty 1.89 scored and 0.56 conceded per game, Metal Kharkiv 2.7 and 3.4, with the league averaging 2.06.
Karpaty had not lost in 12 games, having scored in 15 consecutive games. A win had eluded Metal Kharkiv for 9 matches. The last-five ledger: Karpaty 11/15, Metal Kharkiv 2/15.
The venue was Stadion Ukrajina, with room for 28,051 spectators. Karpaty led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 3-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Karpaty: Igor Neves Alves (9'), Ambrosiy Chachua (23'), Yan Kostenko (55')
Key stats
Possession: Karpaty 61% · Metal Kharkiv 39% · Total shots: 12-7 · On target: 6-6 · Corners: 7-2