CHERNIHIV. Desna and Mariupol played a scintillating incredible match before drawing 3-3.
P. Budkivsky squandered a decisive penalty (75′). That would have allowed Desna to win the match.
The match was played at the Chernihiv Arena stadium in Chernihiv on Sunday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Viktor Kopievskiy assisted by Maksim Levchenko and Yaroslav Povazhnyi. The 4th official was Igor Paskhal. The weather was snow. The temperature was freezing at -0.7 degrees Celsius or 30.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Desna was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Mariupol that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Desna was was putting more pressure with 77 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Desna to win the match.
Desna shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Mariupol shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Desna received 2 yellow cards (V. Kalitvintsev and A. Dombrovskiy). Talking about the opposition, Mariupol received 2 yellow cards (D. Myshnyov and M. Chekh).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Desna will have 25 points to sit in the 7th place. On the other side, Mariupol will have 8 points to hold in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Desna will play away with Inhulets on the 10th of December with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Desna (1 draw).
Mariupol will host Dnipro-1 on the 10th of December with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Mariupol (1 draw).
Desna – Formation
The manager Oleksandr Ryabokon decided to play with the following team: Igor Lytovka, Oleksandr Safronov, Yevhen Selin, Levan Arveladze, Sergiy Bolbat, Andriy Dombrovskiy, Vladislav Kalitvintsev, Vladlen Yurchenko, Taras Zaviysky, Denys Bezborodko and Pylyp Budkivskyi.
The home team had on the bench: Roman Mysak, Oleksii Kovtun, Oleksandr Masalov, Vadim Zhuk, Evgeni Belich, Egor Kartushov, Vikentii Voloshyn, Maksym Degtyarev and Illia Shevtsov.
Substitutions
Desna made 3 changes: L. Arveladze for V. Voloshyn (78′), D. Bezborodko for I. Shevtsov (78′) and P. Budkivsky for M. Degtyarov (90′).
Mariupol – Formation
Ostap Markevych played with: Mykyta Turbaievskyi, Oleksandr Drambaev, Mark Mampasi, Petro Stasiuk, Maxym Chekh, Kyrylo Melichenko, Dmytro Myshnov, Oleg Ocheretko, Dmytro Topalov, Oleksii Kashchuk and Artem Kholod.
These were the players on the bench: Petar Bosančić, Stanislav Mykytsey, Mykyta Peterman, Danylo Udod, Mykhaylo Khromey, Stefan Spirovski and Zhuk Maksym.
Substitutions
Mariupol made 3 changes: M. Chekh for M. Peterman (68′), D. Topalov for M. Khromey (76′) and D. Myshnyov for S. Spirovski (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.