Match Report
The table gap was wide: 27 points between Mariupol (1st, 81 pts) and Naftovyk-Ukrnafta (6th, 54 pts). Mariupol ranked just 9th in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Against a league average of 1.14 goals per team per game, Mariupol ran at 1.79 scored and 0.62 conceded, Naftovyk-Ukrnafta at 1.38 and 0.85.
Mariupol arrived on a run of seven straight wins, having scored in 7 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Mariupol 15/15, Naftovyk-Ukrnafta 5/15.
Stadion im. Volodymyra Boyka in Mariupol' staged the fixture, a ground that holds 12,680. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.


