Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Rukh Vynnyky 6th with 49 points, Minaj 15th with 25, 24 apart. Minaj had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 4th in the league over the last five rounds against 15th overall. Against a league average of 1.24 goals per team per game, Minaj ran at 0.9 scored and 1.67 conceded, Rukh Vynnyky at 1.47 and 1.03.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 0 Minaj wins, 2 for Rukh Vynnyky, 6 draws, at 1.75 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 25% of meetings won. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 25% of the meetings.
D. Evtukhov took charge of the match — our records show 20 games refereed with an average of 3.2 yellow cards per game. The venue was Stadion Mynai in Minai. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-1 full-time score.