Match Report
The table gap was wide: 50 points between Shakhtar Donetsk (1st, 72 pts) and Metal Kharkiv (15th, 22 pts). Against a league average of 1.22 goals per team per game, Shakhtar Donetsk ran at 2.3 scored and 0.7 conceded, Metal Kharkiv at 0.9 and 1.93.
Metal Kharkiv's winless run stood at 12. Shakhtar Donetsk had banked 8 of the last 15 points on offer; Metal Kharkiv, 2.
Stadion Avanhard in Uzhhorod staged the fixture, a ground that holds 30,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.