Match Report
The table gap was wide: 30 points between Poltava (4th, 69 pts) and Sumy (12th, 39 pts). Recent form flatters Sumy's table spot — 2nd league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 12th. Per game in the league, Poltava were scoring 1.62 and conceding 0.79, Sumy 0.94 and 1.12, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Poltava 2, draws 0, Sumy 2, at 2.5 goals per meeting.
Stadion NTB FK Poltava, capacity 30,000, hosted the game. Sumy led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Poltava: D. Baszłaj (83') · Sumy: D. Galenkov (61'), Yaroslav Rafalskiy (14')
Key stats
Possession: Poltava 57% · Sumy 43% · Total shots: 17-4 · On target: 3-3 · Corners: 9-4




