Match Report
The table read 1st (Spartak Nal'chik, 34 pts) against 10th (Chkalovets 1936, 22 pts), 12 points apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Spartak Nal'chik 2.08 scored and 0.85 conceded per game, Chkalovets 1936 1.36 and 1.07, with the league averaging 1.3.
Six consecutive wins preceded this game for Spartak Nal'chik, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Chkalovets 1936 had not lost in 6 games. The last-five ledger: Spartak Nal'chik 15/15, Chkalovets 1936 9/15.
Stadion Spartak in Nalchik staged the fixture, a ground that holds 14,400.


