Match Report
Podillya Khmelnytskyi, 15th on 21 points, faced a 16-point deficit to Metal Kharkiv (7th, 37). Scoring rates set the scale: Metal Kharkiv 1.03 scored and 1.17 conceded per game, Podillya Khmelnytskyi 0.67 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.14.
Podillya Khmelnytskyi had gone 7 games without a win.
5 meetings are on record — 2 won by Metal Kharkiv, 1 by Podillya Khmelnytskyi, 2 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. Only 20% of these meetings ended in a home win. Only 20% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The venue was Stadion Avanhard, with room for 10,200 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 3-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Metal Kharkiv: P. Lutsiv (64'), M. Orikhovskyi (52'), M. Bahachanskyi (76')
Key stats
Possession: Metal Kharkiv 40% · Podillya Khmelnytskyi 60% · Total shots: 11-8 · On target: 9-2 · Corners: 1-5