Match Report
The table gap was wide: 34 points between Kaluga (1st, 39 pts) and Peresvet Podolsk (18th, 5 pts). Against a league average of 1.51 goals per team per game, Kaluga ran at 2.88 scored and 0.35 conceded, Peresvet Podolsk at 1.18 and 3.18.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Peresvet Podolsk. The five-game form split read 8/15 points for Kaluga against 1/15 for Peresvet Podolsk.
Stadion Sputnik in Kaluga, capacity 30,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Kaluga led 2-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 5-0.