Match Report
30 points separated the sides: Niva 1st on 51, Gomel II 16th on 21. Niva had been under-performing their position — 7th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Gomel II 1.32 scored and 1.92 conceded per game, Niva 2.52 and 1.24, with the league averaging 1.6.
Gomel II were winless in 6. The last-five ledger: Gomel II 3/15, Niva 10/15.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Gomel II: A. Savitskiy (70') · Niva: Dmitri Fedortsov (50'), Vladimir Shcherbo (69')
Key stats
Possession: Gomel II 43% · Niva 57% · Total shots: 2-12 · On target: 1-5 · Corners: 1-8