Match Report
10 points for Zorya (4th), 12 for Zirka (3rd): a 2-point gap. Zirka had been under-performing their position — 13th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Zorya 0.6 scored and 1.6 conceded per game, Zirka 0.9 and 0.9, with the league averaging 1.15.
Zorya had gone 5 games without a win.
With 66 matches recorded and 2.4 yellow cards per game, M. Balakin was the man in the middle. The venue was Slavutych-Arena in Zaporozh'ye, with room for 11,983 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.