Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Chertanovo 3rd with 39 points, Cherepovets 9th with 24, 15 apart. On recent form Cherepovets sat only 14th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 9th overall. Per game in the league, Chertanovo were scoring 1.86 and conceding 0.86, Cherepovets 1.05 and 1.6, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Cherepovets's winless run stood at 6. The last-five ledger: Chertanovo 10/15, Cherepovets 3/15.
Arena Chertanovo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,500. On the scoreboard, Chertanovo led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-0 the final score.
Goal scorers
Chertanovo: Matvey Melnikov (36'), 1 goal with no recorded scorer