Kremenchuk 1 - 1 Monolit (372477096)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 12000 had shown up at Arena Matsur for the match. Floricã Dimulescu was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Antoni Kreczmer and Valentin Dumitrascu. Kremenchuk started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Abramov - Vloh, Shevtsov, Malashenko, Sautin - Gurka, Shaykevich, Zhosan, Kharchenko - Povolotskiy, Voskoboynik.

Monolit decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Mitroshkin - Stadnichenko, Maskov, Maslachenko, Stus - Alekseev, Korba, Poltavets, Petrov - Stasyuk, Shchetinkin.

A penalty was given after 10 minutes, allowing the visitors to gain the lead: 0 - 1. I. Stadnichenko was the scorer. Kremenchuk's K. Sautin got himself booked for a foul. After the ball was lifted in from the left, A. Shchetinkin was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 17 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Kremenchuk enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.

50 minutes into the match, Kremenchuk's F. Povolotskiy maneuvered his way around the opposition on the left flank, delighting the crowd with his twists and turns. The effort paid off as the ball found the back of the net, evening the score at 1 - 1. Slack defending gave Kremenchuk a chance to take the lead with 52 minutes played, but D. Malashenko's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. Monolit's I. Maslachenko was shown a yellow card after 62 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Kremenchuk's O. Shevtsov was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 73 minutes. Possession in this half belonged to Kremenchuk, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

The most dominating Kremenchuk player was without a doubt P. Shaykevich. On the other hand, O. Abramov's play was disheartening. Most important Monolit player was V. Stus. P. Mitroshkin on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 1.