Match Report
Dinamo Makhachkala went into the game 5th in the table on 15 points; Mashuk-KMV sat 1st on 28 — a 13-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Dinamo Makhachkala 2: only 19th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th. Per game in the league, Dinamo Makhachkala were scoring 2.13 and conceding 2.25, Mashuk-KMV 1.75 and 0.75, against a competition average of 1.51 goals per team per game.
Stadion Dinamo in Makhachkala staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,000. On the scoreboard, Mashuk-KMV led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.