Match Report
The table read 16th (Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, 23 pts) against 9th (Vorskla, 33 pts), 10 points apart. On recent form Vorskla sat only 14th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 9th overall. Against a league average of 1.24 goals per team per game, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv ran at 1.07 scored and 1.9 conceded, Vorskla at 1 and 1.53.
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv's winless run stood at 9. Vorskla entered with three losses in a row.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 1, draws 2, Vorskla 2, at 2.8 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 40% of the wins in this matchup. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more.
M. Rayda took charge of the match — our records show 33 games refereed with an average of 1.3 yellow cards per game. The match was played at Stadion Livyi Bereh in Kiev (capacity 5,000). On the scoreboard, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv led 2-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 3-2.