Match Report
42 points separated the sides: Polissya Zhytomyr 3rd on 59, Oleksandria 15th on 17. Scoring rates set the scale: Polissya Zhytomyr 1.7 scored and 0.7 conceded per game, Oleksandria 0.8 and 1.93, with the league averaging 1.29.
Oleksandria had gone 9 games without a win. Over the last five, Polissya Zhytomyr had taken 10 of 15 points to Oleksandria's 2.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Polissya Zhytomyr, 1 draw and 3 for Oleksandria, at 2.17 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 17% of meetings won. History points to goals: 67% of the meetings had three or more.
Tsentralnyi Stadion staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,928. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-1.
Goal scorers
Polissya Zhytomyr: Mykola Gayduchyk (71'), Oleksandr Filippov (90') · Oleksandria: Papa Ndiaga Yade (82')
Key stats
Possession: Polissya Zhytomyr 73% · Oleksandria 27% · Total shots: 22-7 · On target: 6-2 · Corners: 12-3