Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Chelyabinsk 4th with 41 points, Khimik-Avgust 3rd with 24, 17 apart. On recent form Chelyabinsk sat only 23rd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Chelyabinsk 7.6 scored and 6 conceded per game, Khimik-Avgust 4.4 and 4.2, with the league averaging 2.25.
Khimik-Avgust were winless in 5. Chelyabinsk had banked 9 of the last 15 points on offer; Khimik-Avgust, 1.
Stadion Central'nyj in Chelyabinsk staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Chelyabinsk led 1-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 5-0.




