Match Report
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (7th, 48 pts) visited Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (5th, 51 pts) with 3 points between them. Metalist 1925 Kharkiv had been under-performing their position — 10th on five-round form against 5th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 1.2 scored and 0.63 conceded per game, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1.77 and 1.53, with the league averaging 1.29.
6 meetings are on record — 2 won by Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, 4 by Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, 0 drawn, at 2.83 goals per meeting.
The match was played at Tsentralnyi Stadion in Zhytomyr (capacity 5,928). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.