Match Report
The table gap was wide: 27 points between Chertanovo (2nd, 45 pts) and Iskra Smolensk (14th, 18 pts). Recent form flatters Iskra Smolensk's table spot — 7th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 14th. Scoring rates set the scale: Iskra Smolensk 0.91 scored and 2 conceded per game, Chertanovo 1.96 and 0.91, with the league averaging 1.36.
Iskra Smolensk had not won in 10 games. 5 games without a win framed Chertanovo's arrival, having scored in 8 consecutive games.
Chertanovo led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Chertanovo: Vadim Agafontsev (35'), German Mikadze (69'), German Mikadze (71')




