Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Oleksandria 6th with 44 points, Lviv 16th with 13, 31 apart. Recent form told a different story for Oleksandria: only 11th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 6th.
Lviv arrived off six straight defeats. Over the last five, Lviv had taken 0 of 15 points to Oleksandria's 6.
Across 10 recorded meetings, Lviv have 3 wins to Oleksandria's 4, with 3 draws, at 2.4 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings.
The venue was Arena L'viv in L'viv, with room for 34,915 spectators. M. Kozyryatskiy took charge of the match — our records show 45 games refereed with an average of 1.4 yellow cards per game. Oleksandria led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.