Match Report
32 points for Zorkiy (3rd), 36 for Chertanovo (3rd): a 4-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Zorkiy: only 25th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 3rd. Against a league average of 1.76 goals per team per game, Zorkiy ran at 1.6 scored and 1.05 conceded, Chertanovo at 1.9 and 1.25.
Zorkiy carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 13 consecutive games.
B. Golovko took charge of the match — our records show 17 games refereed with an average of 1.5 yellow cards per game. The venue was Stadion Zorkij in Krasnogorsk, with room for 8,700 spectators. Chertanovo led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 2-2 full-time score.