MARIUPOL’. Dnipro-1 was after all too much to handle for Mariupol with the goal of A. Dovbyk (35′ pen), O. Pikhalyonok (75′ pen) and Bill (78′). Dnipro-1 was much superior in terms of ball possession (71%) was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadion im. Volodymyra Boyka stadium in Mariupol’ on Friday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Dmytro Kryvushkin with the help of Oleksandr Pavlinov and Vitaliy Sukhin. The 4th official was Dmytro Bondarenko. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.3 degrees Celsius or 43.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Dnipro-1 was in firm control of the ball 71% while Mariupol was struggling with a 29% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Dnipro-1 was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Dnipro-1 won the match.
Mariupol shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Dnipro-1 shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Mariupol received 4 yellow cards (K. Melichenko, O. Kashchuk, P. Stasyuk and M. Mampasi). Talking about the opposition, Dnipro-1 received 2 yellow cards (M. Kravchenko and O. Pikhalyonok).
O. Kashchuk (Mariupol) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (45′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Mariupol will stay with 8 points to hold in the 17th place. On the other side, Dnipro-1 will have 40 points to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
Mariupol – Formation

Mariupol started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Ostap Markevych decided to play with the following team: Mykyta Turbaievskyi, Petro Stasiuk, Kyrylo Melichenko, Petar Bosančić, Oleksandr Drambaev, Dmytro Myshnov, Mykyta Peterman, Oleksii Kashchuk, Oleg Ocheretko, Dmytro Topalov and Artem Kholod.
The home team had on the bench: Mark Mampasi, Stanislav Mykytsey, Danylo Udod, Mykhaylo Khromey, Vladislav Klimenko, Denys Shostak, Stefan Spirovski, Artur Mykytyshyn and Zhuk Maksym.
Substitutions
Mariupol made 4 changes: A. Kholod for D. Shostak (52′), D. Topalov for S. Spirovski (69′), M. Peterman for M. Khromey (69′) and O. Ocheretko for A. Mykytyshyn (83′).
Dnipro-1 – Formation

Dnipro-1 started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Igor Jovičević played with: Valentin Cojocaru, Mykyta Kravchenko, Oleksandr Svatok, Nélson Monte, Vladyslav Dubinchak, Danylo Ihnatenko, Oleksiy Gutsulyak, Oleksandr Pikhalyonok, Neven Đurasek, Oleksandr Nazarenko and Artem Dovbyk.
They had on the bench: Valeriy Yurchuk, Volodymyr Adamyuk, Sergii Loginov, Bill, Igor Kogut, Valeriy Luchkevych, Yehor Yarmoliuk, Mario Ćuže and Francisco Di Franco.
Substitutions
Dnipro-1 made 5 changes: N. Monte for V. Luchkevych (56′), N. Djurasek for F. Di Franco (76′), O. Nazarenko for Bill (77′), O. Svatok for S. Loginov (82′) and O. Gutsulyak for Y. Yarmolyuk (83′).
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