Match Report
Metalurh Zaporizhya went into the game 6th in the table on 26 points; Kudrivka sat 1st on 31 — a 5-point gap. On recent form Kudrivka sat only 19th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Metalurh Zaporizhya 1 scored and 1.46 conceded per game, Kudrivka 1.38 and 0.75, with the league averaging 1.13.
Metalurh Zaporizhya had gone 8 games without a win. Kudrivka were unbeaten in 6. The last-five ledger: Metalurh Zaporizhya 2/15, Kudrivka 9/15.
Slavutych-Arena, capacity 22,288, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Kudrivka led 2-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-3.
Goal scorers
Metalurh Zaporizhya: Akhmed Alibekov (33') · Kudrivka: Oleksiy Lytovchenko (25'), Andriy Storchous (41'), Oleksandr Evtushenko (90')
Key stats
Possession: Metalurh Zaporizhya 36% · Kudrivka 64% · Total shots: 3-15 · On target: 3-7 · Corners: 2-3