Match Report
The table read 3rd (Spartak Kostroma, 38 pts) against 3rd (Khimik Dzerzhinsk, 30 pts), 8 points apart. Khimik Dzerzhinsk had been under-performing their position — 31st on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Against a league average of 1.76 goals per team per game, Spartak Kostroma ran at 2.58 scored and 1.83 conceded, Khimik Dzerzhinsk at 2.6 and 1.7.
Spartak Kostroma carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this.
Stadion Urozhaj in Karavaevo, capacity 4,200, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.