Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Kosmos Dolgoprudny 2nd with 54 points, Zenit Penza 8th with 37, 17 apart. Zenit Penza had been under-performing their position — 15th on five-round form against 8th in the table. Per game in the league, Zenit Penza were scoring 1.21 and conceding 1.25, Kosmos Dolgoprudny 1.61 and 0.82, against a competition average of 1.27 goals per team per game.
Stadion Pervomayskiy in Penza, capacity 4,000, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-2 full-time score.