Match Report
45 points separated the sides: Mariupol 1st on 81, Sumy 15th on 36. Sumy had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 3rd in the league over the last five rounds against 15th overall.
Sumy had gone 7 games without a win. Mariupol entered with five wins in a row. Over the last five, Sumy had taken 3 of 15 points to Mariupol's 15.
The match was played at Stadion Yuvilejnyj in Sumy (capacity 30,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.