Match Report
Mariupol, 16th on 8 points, faced a 28-point deficit to Zorya Luhansk (4th, 36). Mariupol ranked 12th in the league on five-round form, well above their 16th table position. Per game in the league, Mariupol were scoring 1.17 and conceding 2.44, Zorya Luhansk 2.06 and 1.06, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game.
Mariupol had lost three in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 26 games: 7 Mariupol wins, 10 for Zorya Luhansk, 9 draws, at 2.73 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 42% of the wins in this fixture. Both teams scored in 65% of the meetings. 1.6 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a drop from the historical 2.73.
The match was played at Stadion im. Volodymyra Boyka in Mariupol' (capacity 12,680). Zorya Luhansk led 3-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 3-4 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Mariupol: Andriy Kulakov (47'), D. Svityukha (79'), A. Mykytyshyn (89') · Zorya Luhansk: Yegor Nazaryna (22'), S. Zahedi (28'), S. Zahedi (60'), Oleksandr Gladkyi (32')
Key stats
Possession: Mariupol 51% · Zorya Luhansk 49% · Total shots: 8-13 · On target: 5-9 · Corners: 4-6