Match Report
Kobra went into the game 7th in the table on 42 points; Stal Alchevsk sat 13th on 28 — a 14-point gap. Stal Alchevsk ranked 9th in the league on five-round form, well above their 13th table position. Per game in the league, Kobra were scoring 1 and conceding 0.83, Stal Alchevsk 0.53 and 0.93, against a competition average of 1.15 goals per team per game.
Level finishes had become the habit for Stal Alchevsk: four in a row.
Stadion Sonyachnyj in Piatykhatky staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,924. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.