Match Report
7 points and 1 places separated them: Metalist 2nd with 13, Rosenborg 3rd with 6. The last five rounds placed Rosenborg no better than 40th for form, against 3rd in the standings. Against a league average of 1.32 goals per team per game, Metalist ran at 1.5 scored and 0.5 conceded, Rosenborg at 1.17 and 1.67.
Defeat had followed defeat for Rosenborg — three in succession.
Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist in Kharkiv, capacity 40,003, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.