Match Report
The table gap was wide: 27 points between Akhmat Grozny (8th, 62 pts) and Orel (20th, 35 pts). Against a league average of 1.21 goals per team per game, Orel ran at 0.83 scored and 1.71 conceded, Akhmat Grozny at 1.14 and 1.12.
Defeat had followed defeat for Orel — four in succession. Over the last five, Orel had taken 1 of 15 points to Akhmat Grozny's 9.
Stadion Central'nyj im. V.I. Lenina staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,292. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-1 full-time score.


