Match Report
7 points and 2 places separated them: Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 2nd with 50, Metalurh Zaporizhya 4th with 43. Metalurh Zaporizhya had been under-performing their position — 8th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih were scoring 2.41 and conceding 0.68, Metalurh Zaporizhya 1.91 and 0.91, against a competition average of 1.38 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih in 11 games, having scored in 11 consecutive games. 7 matches unbeaten backed Metalurh Zaporizhya's arrival, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih win, 1 for Metalurh Zaporizhya, 2 draws, at 3.5 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 25% of the wins in this matchup. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 75% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 100%.
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-0.