Match Report
Finland and Russia went into the game level on 3 points, 2nd against 4th in the table. On recent form Finland sat only 15th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Per game in the league, Finland were scoring 0.33 and conceding 1, Russia 0.67 and 2.33, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game.
Saint Petersburg Stadium in St. Petersburg, capacity 68,000, hosted the game. D. Makkelie took charge of the match — our records show 100 games refereed with an average of 2.7 yellow cards per game. On the scoreboard, Russia led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.