Match Report
The table gap was wide: 49 points between Khimik Dzerzhinsk (1st, 56 pts) and Rubin Kazan' II (2nd, 7 pts). Rubin Kazan' II ranked just 24th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Per game in the league, Rubin Kazan' II were scoring 2 and conceding 1.5, Khimik Dzerzhinsk 2.59 and 0.73, against a competition average of 1.52 goals per team per game.
Khimik Dzerzhinsk came in having won three on the spin, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Rubin Kazan' II had banked 6 of the last 15 points on offer; Khimik Dzerzhinsk, 13.
The match was played at Stadion Rubin (capacity 3,200). Khimik Dzerzhinsk led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Rubin Kazan' II: Maksim Yurin (82') · Khimik Dzerzhinsk: Roman Izotov (22'), Ivan Sutugin (72'), Ruslan Gavrilov (86')
Key stats
Possession: Rubin Kazan' II 45% · Khimik Dzerzhinsk 55% · Total shots: 3-10 · On target: 2-6 · Corners: 1-4




