Match Report
Metalurh Zaporizhya went into the game 4th in the table on 21 points; Obolon'-Brovar sat 2nd on 29 — an 8-point gap. The last five rounds placed Obolon'-Brovar no better than 10th for form, against 2nd in the standings. Per game in the league, Metalurh Zaporizhya were scoring 2.25 and conceding 2, Obolon'-Brovar 2.38 and 1, against a competition average of 1.51 goals per team per game.
From the last five rounds, Metalurh Zaporizhya held 10 points of 15 and Obolon'-Brovar 4.
D. Reznikov took charge of the match — our records show 31 games refereed with an average of 1.2 yellow cards per game. The match was played at Slavutych-Arena in Zaporozh'ye (capacity 11,983). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.