Match Report
The table gap was wide: 18 points between Saransk (2nd, 44 pts) and Khimki 2 (6th, 26 pts). Saransk's recent output lagged their position: 26th on form over five rounds while 2nd in the table. Per game in the league, Khimki 2 were scoring 1.55 and conceding 1.15, Saransk 2.2 and 1, against a competition average of 1.44 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Saransk, winners of their last three, having scored in 7 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Khimki 2 6/15, Saransk 12/15.
Stadion Novye Khimki in Khimki staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,760. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Khimki 2 led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-2.


