Match Report
Shakhtar Donetsk, 1st with 51 points, sat 39 points above Zirka (3rd, 12). The last five rounds placed Zirka no better than 13th for form, against 3rd in the standings. Against a league average of 1.15 goals per team per game, Shakhtar Donetsk ran at 2.32 scored and 0.82 conceded, Zirka at 0.9 and 0.9.
The last-five ledger: Shakhtar Donetsk 12/15, Zirka 4/15.
The match was played at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist in Kharkiv (capacity 40,003). On the scoreboard, Shakhtar Donetsk led 5-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 5-0 the final score.