Match Report
33 points separated the sides: Zhemchuzhyna Odesa 1st on 74, Nikopol 11th on 41. On the form table Nikopol stood 5th over the last five rounds, despite being 11th overall. Per game in the league, Nikopol were scoring 1.25 and conceding 1.53, Zhemchuzhyna Odesa 2.34 and 0.69, against a competition average of 1.44 goals per team per game.
Nikopol had been beaten in three straight games.
Stadion Elektrometalurh-NFZ in Nikopol' staged the fixture, a ground that holds 7,200. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-2.


