Match Report
The table gap was wide: 16 points between Druzhba (8th, 30 pts) and Dinamo Makhachkala 2 (15th, 14 pts). The last five rounds placed Dinamo Makhachkala 2 10th in the league for form — higher than their 15th in the standings. Per game in the league, Druzhba were scoring 1.29 and conceding 1.19, Dinamo Makhachkala 2 0.86 and 1.82, against a competition average of 1.37 goals per team per game.
From the last five rounds, Druzhba held 12 points of 15 and Dinamo Makhachkala 2 4.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 4 Druzhba wins, 0 for Dinamo Makhachkala 2, 1 draw, at 4 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 80% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
Stadion Druzhba staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,000. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Druzhba: Arafat Al-Haj (29' og), Z. Datiev (78') · Dinamo Makhachkala 2: R. Magomedov (9')