Match Report
The table read 11th (Metalist, 22 pts) against 14th (Metalurh Zaporizhya, 13 pts), 9 points apart. Recent form flatters Metalist's table spot — 6th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 11th. Per game in the league, Metalist were scoring 0.73 and conceding 1.77, Metalurh Zaporizhya 0.27 and 1.92, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
Metalist had lost three in a row. Metalurh Zaporizhya had drawn their last four.
The head-to-head ledger counts 11 games: 8 Metalist wins, 0 for Metalurh Zaporizhya, 3 draws, at 2.55 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 36% of the meetings went to the host.
It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.