Match Report
The table gap was wide: 30 points between Metal Kharkiv (1st, 53 pts) and Olimpik Donetsk (11th, 23 pts). Recent form told a different story for Olimpik Donetsk: only 15th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 11th. Against a league average of 1.18 goals per team per game, Metal Kharkiv ran at 2.6 scored and 0.45 conceded, Olimpik Donetsk at 1 and 1.21.
Momentum sat with Metal Kharkiv, winners of their last 15, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Olimpik Donetsk arrived off five straight defeats. The last-five ledger: Metal Kharkiv 15/15, Olimpik Donetsk 0/15.
Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist in Kharkiv, capacity 40,003, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Metal Kharkiv led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-0.


