Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Leningradets 5th with 37 points, CRFSO Smolensk 12th with 14, 23 apart. CRFSO Smolensk's recent output lagged their position: 56th on form over five rounds while 12th in the table. Per game in the league, Leningradets were scoring 1.33 and conceding 1.17, CRFSO Smolensk 0.67 and 2.46, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game.
Leningradets had not lost in 6 games. CRFSO Smolensk had lost three in a row. Over the last five, Leningradets had taken 11 of 15 points to CRFSO Smolensk's 1.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 4-1.