Match Report
Nikopol, 10th on 13 points, faced a 32-point deficit to Myr Hornostayivka (5th, 45). Against a league average of 1.32 goals per team per game, Myr Hornostayivka ran at 1.56 scored and 1.15 conceded, Nikopol at 0.56 and 2.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Myr Hornostayivka. Nikopol were winless in 5.
6 meetings are on record — 2 won by Myr Hornostayivka, 2 by Nikopol, 2 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Only 17% of these meetings ended in a home win. Historically tight: 33% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Stadion Zatys in Hornostayivka (capacity 1,400). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 2-2 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 3-2.