Match Report
8 points and 3 places separated them: Irtysh 2nd with 42, Novosibirsk 5th with 34. The last five rounds placed Novosibirsk no better than 15th for form, against 5th in the standings. Against a league average of 2.25 goals per team per game, Irtysh ran at 1.5 scored and 0.77 conceded, Novosibirsk at 5.8 and 6.6.
The match was played at Stadion Krasnaya Zvezda in Omsk. A. Anufriev took charge of the match — our records show 35 games refereed with an average of 0.3 yellow cards per game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.