Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Chertanovo (5th, 55 pts) held a 24-point advantage over Znamya Truda (12th, 31 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Chertanovo 1.8 scored and 1.27 conceded per game, Znamya Truda 0.9 and 1.73, with the league averaging 1.49.
Chertanovo came in having won four on the spin. Znamya Truda arrived off four straight defeats. Chertanovo had banked 12 of the last 15 points on offer; Znamya Truda, 1.
I. Ivanov took charge of the match — our records show 42 games refereed with an average of 0.5 yellow cards per game. The match was played at Arena Chertanovo (capacity 2,500). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 1-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Chertanovo: Aleksandr Babeshko (84') · Znamya Truda: Nikolay Veretennikov (55'), Artem Lavrenkov (80')