Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Strogino 14th with 22 points, Khimki 2 16th with 7, 15 apart. The last five rounds placed Khimki 2 11th in the league for form — higher than their 16th in the standings. Per game in the league, Khimki 2 were scoring 0.67 and conceding 1.67, Strogino 1.07 and 2.52, against a competition average of 1.39 goals per team per game.
Level finishes had become the habit for Strogino: three in a row.
Stadion Novye Khimki, capacity 3,760, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.