Match Report
The table gap was wide: 28 points between Polissya Zhytomyr (3rd, 59 pts) and Obolon'-Brovar (12th, 31 pts). Against a league average of 1.29 goals per team per game, Polissya Zhytomyr ran at 1.7 scored and 0.7 conceded, Obolon'-Brovar at 0.93 and 1.63.
Obolon'-Brovar had not won in 6 games. Over the last five, Polissya Zhytomyr had taken 10 of 15 points to Obolon'-Brovar's 2.
7 meetings are on record — 3 won by Polissya Zhytomyr, 3 by Obolon'-Brovar, 1 drawn, at 2.71 goals per meeting.
O. Derevinskyi officiated: 47 games logged, averaging 2.0 yellow cards each. Tsentralnyi Stadion staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,928. Polissya Zhytomyr led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 3-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Polissya Zhytomyr: Eduard Sarapiy (18'), Eduard Sarapiy (64'), Oleksiy Gutsulyak (77') · Obolon'-Brovar: Maksym Tretyakov (89')
Key stats
Possession: Polissya Zhytomyr 49% · Obolon'-Brovar 51% · Total shots: 13-12 · On target: 8-5 · Corners: 4-3