Match Report
The table gap was wide: 28 points between Shakhtyor (1st, 59 pts) and Gorodeya (13th, 31 pts). On the form table Gorodeya stood 4th over the last five rounds, despite being 13th overall. Per game in the league, Shakhtyor were scoring 1.9 and conceding 0.7, Gorodeya 1 and 1.6, against a competition average of 1.47 goals per team per game.
Gorodeya's winless run stood at 7. The last-five ledger: Shakhtyor 12/15, Gorodeya 2/15.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Shakhtyor 4, draws 0, Gorodeya 0, at 1.25 goals per meeting. Only 0% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
P. Koronets officiated: 64 games logged, averaging 1.7 yellow cards each. Stadyen Budaŭnik in Soligorsk, capacity 4,200, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Shakhtyor led 3-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 4-1.