Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Akademiya Tambov 5th with 44 points, Kvant 15th with 19, 25 apart. Akademiya Tambov had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 5th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Akademiya Tambov 1.32 scored and 1 conceded per game, Kvant 0.68 and 1.82, with the league averaging 1.27.
Kvant were winless in 5.
With 15 matches recorded and 0.2 yellow cards per game, A. Klyuev was the man in the middle. The match was played at Stadion Spartak in Tambov (capacity 8,000). On the scoreboard, Akademiya Tambov led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-0 the final score.