Match Report
The table gap was wide: 20 points between Karpaty (9th, 41 pts) and Rukh Vynnyky (14th, 21 pts). Per game in the league, Rukh Vynnyky were scoring 0.67 and conceding 1.7, Karpaty 1.33 and 1.03, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Rukh Vynnyky for 10 matches. Karpaty had not lost in 7 games. Rukh Vynnyky had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Karpaty, 13.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Rukh Vynnyky win, 2 for Karpaty, 1 draw, at 1.5 goals per meeting. These meetings skew tight — only 25% saw more than two goals.
Arena L'viv, capacity 34,915, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Karpaty led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-3.
Goal scorers
Karpaty: Yan Kostenko (32'), Ambrosiy Chachua (44'), Jean Pedroso (56')
Key stats
Possession: Rukh Vynnyky 53% · Karpaty 47% · Total shots: 6-9 · On target: 1-6 · Corners: 7-5