On March 17, there was one of the matches of the 18th matchday of Ukrainian Championship. Metalist (Kharkiv) and Alexandria (Oleksandriia) met.
Ukrainian Championship, 18th round
Metalist (Kharkiv) - Alexandria (Alexandria) - 0:0 (0:0)
Warnings: Korkishko (13), O. Mizyuk (17), D. Miroshnichenko (20), Ralyuchenko (57), Pryadun (61), Bogdan Kobzar (90+4)
In a tense Premier League match at the stadium "Avangard" met Kharkiv "Metal" and "Alexandria", both teams fought for victory. Despite the fact that the players have worked hard on the field, the match ended in a draw 0-0. The game started tensely, when "Metal" player D. Korkishko got a yellow card in the 13th minute. His teammate, O. Mizyuk, quickly followed suit, getting a yellow card in the 17th minute. In the 20th minute, Oleksandriia`s player D. Miroshnichenko got a yellow card. At the beginning of the second half, Metalist Kharkiv made the first substitution, substituting Dmytro Korkyshko for Naumets. However, A. Ralyuchenko and M. Pryadun got yellow cards on 57th and 61st minutes respectively.
Then, "Alexandria" made three substitutions in a row, letting out V. Kalytvyntsev instead of O. Kozhushko, K. Kovalets instead of K. Sykheev and M. Mikhailenko instead of S. Rybalka - all on 63rd minute. Kharkiv Metal also made a substitution, I. Chaikovskiy replaced S. Panasenko. Both teams kept pushing for the goal throughout the rest of the game, and on 74 minutes "Alexandria" made two more substitutions - E. Mustafayev was replaced by V. Voloshyn and A. Kulakov was replaced by B. Kobzar. The last substitution Kharkiv Metal made at the 88th minute, replacing Pryadun M. with Y. Ryazantsev. Towards the end of the game Alexandria`s player B. Kobzar got a yellow card in the last minute, just before Metalist made the last substitution - Y. Demchenko replaced M. Bagachanskyy. Despite the best efforts of the players, neither team was able to score a goal and the game ended in a 0-0 draw. Fans of both teams are looking forward to the next match and hope for a more exciting outcome.
In the next round, the rivals are waiting for such matches: Metalist - Kolos, Alexandria - Vorskla.
| Metalist | Alexandria | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Goals on goal | 1 |
| 7 | Strokes | 7 |
| 0 | Blocked punches | 0 |
| 0 | Kicks from the penalty area | 0 |
| 0 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 0 |
| 11 | Violations | 12 |
| 4 | Corner | 9 |
| 3 | Offsides | 1 |
| 48% | Ball possession | 52% |
| 4 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 1 | Saves by goalkeeper | 2 |
| 0 | Total assists | 0 |
| 0 | Accurate passes | 0 |
| 0 | Accuracy of transmissions | 0 |