Match Report
Metalist (11th, 22 pts) visited Karpaty (8th, 28 pts) with 6 points between them. Metalist ranked 6th in the league on five-round form, well above their 11th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Karpaty 1 scored and 1.42 conceded per game, Metalist 0.73 and 1.77, with the league averaging 1.26.
Metalist had not won in 12 games.
13 meetings are on record — 1 won by Karpaty, 8 by Metalist, 4 drawn, at 2.77 goals per meeting. Shutting the other side out is rare here — both scored in 69% of the meetings.
Stadion Ukrajina staged the fixture, a ground that holds 28,051. On the scoreboard, Metalist led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-1.
Goal scorers
Karpaty: Oleg Holodyuk (55') · Metalist: Volodymyr Pryiomov (41')