Match Report
The table gap was wide: 39 points between Alaniya (3rd, 70 pts) and Metallurg Lipetsk (19th, 31 pts). Recent form flatters Metallurg Lipetsk's table spot — 14th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 19th. Against a league average of 1.14 goals per team per game, Alaniya ran at 1.5 scored and 0.79 conceded, Metallurg Lipetsk at 0.79 and 1.63.
Alaniya had drawn their last three. Metallurg Lipetsk had lost three in a row. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for Alaniya against 3/15 for Metallurg Lipetsk.
Alaniya led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-0.
Goal scorers
Alaniya: Dmitri Godunok (23'), Aleksandr Yarkin (32')




