Match Report
15 points separated the sides: Khimki 1st on 66, Shinnik 7th on 51. Shinnik's recent output outran their position: 2nd on form over five rounds, 7th in the table. Per game in the league, Khimki were scoring 1.65 and conceding 1.15, Shinnik 1.15 and 1.21, against a competition average of 1.1 goals per team per game.
GioScore's database holds 12 meetings between the two: 6 for Khimki, 4 for Shinnik and 2 drawn, at 1.83 goals per meeting. Only 42% of these meetings ended in a home win. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 33% of the meetings.
The match was played at Stadion Rodina in Khimki (capacity 18,636). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.