Match Report
The table read 398th (Poltava, 5 pts) against 634th (Naftovyk-Ukrnafta, 3 pts), 2 points apart. The last five rounds placed Naftovyk-Ukrnafta no better than 1765th for form, against 634th in the standings. Per game in the league, Poltava were scoring 1.33 and conceding 1, Naftovyk-Ukrnafta 4 and 2, against a competition average of 1.64 goals per team per game.
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this. Poltava had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Naftovyk-Ukrnafta, 11.
The venue was Stadion Lokomotiv, with room for 2,512 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 2-2.