Match Report
The table read 14th (Mariupol, 14 pts) against 8th (Metalurh Donetsk, 28 pts), 14 points apart. On the form table Mariupol stood 7th over the last five rounds, despite being 14th overall. Per game in the league, Mariupol were scoring 0.96 and conceding 2.12, Metalurh Donetsk 1.04 and 1.46, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Mariupol — three in succession.
11 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Mariupol 3, draws 4, Metalurh Donetsk 4, at 2.36 goals per meeting. Only 36% of these meetings ended in a home win.
The venue was Stadion Meteor, with room for 24,401 spectators. On the scoreboard, Metalurh Donetsk led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-1.
Goal scorers
Mariupol: Vyacheslav Checher (64' og) · Metalurh Donetsk: Vyacheslav Checher (40')