Match Report
The table gap was wide: 19 points between FK Nizjni Novgorod (14th, 50 pts) and Metallurg Lipetsk (19th, 31 pts). On the form table FK Nizjni Novgorod stood 8th over the last five rounds, despite being 14th overall. In league terms the two rates read 0.97/1.24 for FK Nizjni Novgorod and 0.79/1.63 for Metallurg Lipetsk (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.14.
Four consecutive defeats weighed on Metallurg Lipetsk.
Stade Municipal 1 in Nizhniy Novgorod, capacity 17,856, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.




