Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Volga (4th, 65 pts) held a 30-point advantage over Chita (17th, 35 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Volga 1.42 scored and 0.84 conceded per game, Chita 0.71 and 1.71, with the league averaging 1.14.
Chita had been beaten in four straight games. From the last five rounds, Volga held 10 points of 15 and Chita 1.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: Volga led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-0.
Goal scorers
Volga: Mikhail Mysin (90'), Sergey Rashevskiy (44'), Andrey Buyvolov (79')