Match Report
66 points separated the sides: Mariupol 1st on 81, Ternopil' 18th on 15. The last five rounds placed Mariupol no better than 9th for form, against 1st in the standings. Per game in the league, Ternopil' were scoring 0.5 and conceding 2.06, Mariupol 1.79 and 0.62, against a competition average of 1.14 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Ternopil' — eight in succession. Momentum sat with Mariupol, winners of their last 11, having scored in 11 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Ternopil' held 0 points of 15 and Mariupol 15.
The venue was Stadion Mis'kyj, with room for 15,150 spectators. The referee was D. Kryvushkin, with 26 matches in our database and 0.9 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.
Goal scorers
Mariupol: Sergiy Vakulenko (72')