Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Oleksandria (1st, 70 pts) held a 42-point advantage over Stal Alchevsk (13th, 28 pts). Stal Alchevsk ranked 9th in the league on five-round form, well above their 13th table position. Per game in the league, Stal Alchevsk were scoring 0.53 and conceding 0.93, Oleksandria 1.77 and 0.5, against a competition average of 1.15 goals per team per game.
Five consecutive draws preceded this one for Stal Alchevsk. Momentum sat with Oleksandria, winners of their last three, having scored in 11 consecutive games. Over the last five, Stal Alchevsk had taken 5 of 15 points to Oleksandria's 12.
On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.