Match Report
SK Poltava, 2nd with 41 points, sat 15 points above Metalurh Zaporizhya (6th, 26). SK Poltava had been under-performing their position — 15th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Per game in the league, SK Poltava were scoring 1.29 and conceding 0.79, Metalurh Zaporizhya 1 and 1.46, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
Metalurh Zaporizhya had gone 9 games without a win. The last-five ledger: SK Poltava 10/15, Metalurh Zaporizhya 1/15.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 0 wins for SK Poltava, 1 draw and 3 for Metalurh Zaporizhya, at 2 goals per meeting.
The match was played at Stadion Lokomotiv in Moskva (capacity 22,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: SK Poltava led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-2.
Goal scorers
SK Poltava: Danylo Falkovsky (9' og), Dmytro Shcherbak (73') · Metalurh Zaporizhya: Andriy Bliznichenko (77'), Dmitrii Irodovskyi (90')