Match Report
The table read 6th (Rebel, 6 pts) against 8th (Metalurh Zaporizhya, 3 pts), 3 points apart. On recent form Metalurh Zaporizhya sat only 15th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 8th overall. Against a league average of 1.46 goals per team per game, Rebel ran at 2 scored and 2.5 conceded, Metalurh Zaporizhya at 0.75 and 1.
Defeat had followed defeat for Rebel — three in succession. Metalurh Zaporizhya had gone 7 games without a win.
V. Chekita officiated — 4 matches recorded. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Rebel led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Rebel: Vyacheslav Stavnychyi (21'), Oleksiy Brizhenko (55') · Metalurh Zaporizhya: Denys Doroshenko (78')
Key stats
Possession: Rebel 43% · Metalurh Zaporizhya 57% · Total shots: 19-14 · On target: 7-3 · Corners: 2-12