Match Report
6 points and 2 places separated them: Nikopol 12th with 20, Real Pharm 14th with 14. On the form table Real Pharm stood 8th over the last five rounds, despite being 14th overall. Per game in the league, Nikopol were scoring 1.1 and conceding 2.1, Real Pharm 1.1 and 2.45, against a competition average of 1.44 goals per team per game.
Nikopol had lost five in a row. From the last five rounds, Nikopol held 0 points of 15 and Real Pharm 7.
7 meetings are on record — 3 won by Nikopol, 3 by Real Pharm, 1 drawn, at 2.29 goals per meeting. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 14% of the meetings.
The match was played at Stadion Elektrometalurh-NFZ in Nikopol' (capacity 7,200). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.