Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Krasnodar 10th with 52 points, Metallurg Lipetsk 19th with 31, 21 apart. Krasnodar had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 10th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Metallurg Lipetsk 0.79 scored and 1.63 conceded per game, Krasnodar 1.32 and 1.24, with the league averaging 1.14.
Stadion Metallurg hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-3.
Goal scorers
Metallurg Lipetsk: Artur Grigoryan (36') · Krasnodar: Denis Dorozhkin (19'), Sergey Miroshnichenko (63'), Vladimir Tatarchuk (64')