Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Tver (1st, 41 pts) held a 23-point advantage over Chita (8th, 18 pts). Chita had been under-performing their position — 35th on five-round form against 8th in the table. Against a league average of 1.39 goals per team per game, Chita ran at 1.4 scored and 1.6 conceded, Tver at 1.89 and 0.78.
Chita had gone 7 games without a win. Tver had won three straight, having scored in 8 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Chita against 13/15 for Tver.
The venue was Stadion Lokomotiv in Chita, with room for 15,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-2.