Match Report
9 points and 3 places separated them: Kaluga 1st with 39, Dinamo Vladivostok 4th with 30. Dinamo Vladivostok had been under-performing their position — 12th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Against a league average of 1.51 goals per team per game, Kaluga ran at 2.88 scored and 0.35 conceded, Dinamo Vladivostok at 1.76 and 1.24.
Momentum sat with Kaluga, winners of their last three.
The match was played at Stadion Sputnik in Kaluga (capacity 30,000). On the scoreboard, Kaluga led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.