Match Report
Tom' Tomsk went into the game 18th in the table on 41 points; Chertanovo sat 21st on 27 — a 14-point gap. On the form table Tom' Tomsk stood 9th over the last five rounds, despite being 18th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Tom' Tomsk 0.76 scored and 1.19 conceded per game, Chertanovo 0.83 and 1.9, with the league averaging 1.22.
Chertanovo had lost seven in a row.
5 meetings are on record — 1 won by Tom' Tomsk, 2 by Chertanovo, 2 drawn, at 2.8 goals per meeting.
The match was played at Stadion Trud in Tomsk (capacity 18,636). It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-2 full-time score.