Match Report
The table read 15th (Lokomotiv Kyiv, 6 pts) against 9th (Yarud Mariupol', 10 pts), 4 points apart. Yarud Mariupol''s recent output outran their position: 2nd on form over five rounds, 9th in the table. Against a league average of 1.34 goals per team per game, Lokomotiv Kyiv ran at 0.86 scored and 1.29 conceded, Yarud Mariupol' at 1.29 and 1.29.
Lokomotiv Kyiv had not won in 7 games.
Stadion NTK im. B. M. Bannikova, capacity 1,945, hosted the game. With 6 matches recorded and 0.0 yellow cards per game, P. Plieshko was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Lokomotiv Kyiv led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-3.
Goal scorers
Lokomotiv Kyiv: Oleksii Sakhnenko (36') · Yarud Mariupol': Valeriy Kucherov (48'), Pavlo Orikhovskyi (51'), Roman Kovalyuk (53')
Key stats
Possession: Lokomotiv Kyiv 47% · Yarud Mariupol' 53% · Total shots: 11-12 · On target: 2-8 · Corners: 0-2