Match Report
5 points and 3 places separated them: Torpedo Vladimir 6th with 29, Cherepovets 9th with 24. The last five rounds placed Cherepovets no better than 14th for form, against 9th in the standings. Per game in the league, Torpedo Vladimir were scoring 1.16 and conceding 1.05, Cherepovets 1.05 and 1.6, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Torpedo Vladimir arrived on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 8 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 13/15 points for Torpedo Vladimir against 4/15 for Cherepovets.
Stadion Torpedo, capacity 18,636, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.
Goal scorers
Torpedo Vladimir: Aleksandr Korenblyum (64')