Match Report
Lviv, 16th on 13 points, faced a 59-point deficit to Shakhtar Donetsk (1st, 72). Per game in the league, Shakhtar Donetsk were scoring 2.3 and conceding 0.7, Lviv 0.6 and 1.73, against a competition average of 1.22 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Lviv — three in succession. The five-game form split read 10/15 points for Shakhtar Donetsk against 1/15 for Lviv.
11 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Shakhtar Donetsk 9, draws 1, Lviv 1, at 3.73 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 73% of the meetings produced three or more. The recent trend is more open — 4.8 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 3.73 all-time.
The match was played at Stadion Sokil in L'viv (capacity 34,915). Shakhtar Donetsk led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-0 full-time score.