Match Report
The table gap was wide: 21 points between Zirka (4th, 49 pts) and 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, Zirka were scoring 1.4 and conceding 0.9, Stal Alchevsk 0.53 and 0.93, against a competition average of 1.15 goals per team per game.
Stadion Zirka in Kirovohrad hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Zirka led 1-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 2-3.




