Match Report
Real Pharm went into the game 4th in the table on 42 points; Shakhtar Donetsk III sat 7th on 30 — a 12-point gap. The last five rounds placed Shakhtar Donetsk III 3rd in the league for form — higher than their 7th in the standings. Per game in the league, Real Pharm were scoring 1.48 and conceding 1.07, Shakhtar Donetsk III 1.41 and 1.63, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Real Pharm for 10 matches. Real Pharm had banked 2 of the last 15 points on offer; Shakhtar Donetsk III, 8.
Stadion FSK Ivan in Odessa, capacity 3,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 3-3.