Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Khimki (1st, 66 pts) held an 18-point advantage over Tyumen (9th, 48 pts). The last five rounds placed Tyumen no better than 13th for form, against 9th in the standings. Per game in the league, Khimki were scoring 1.65 and conceding 1.15, Tyumen 1.06 and 1.03, against a competition average of 1.1 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 3 Khimki wins, 1 for Tyumen, 3 draws, at 2.71 goals per meeting. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 71% of the meetings.
Stadion Rodina in Khimki, capacity 18,636, hosted the game. Khimki led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-0 full-time score.