Match Report
Russia went into the game 2nd in the table on 8 points; Hungary sat 1st on 11 — a 3-point gap. Russia ranked just 37th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Per game in the league, Russia were scoring 1.5 and conceding 2, Hungary 1.17 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.14 goals per team per game.
Russia had banked 12 of the last 15 points on offer; Hungary, 3.
The venue was VEB Arena in Moskva, with room for 30,457 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.