Match Report
12 points and 10 places separated them: Veles 3rd with 22, Leningradets 13th with 10. Leningradets ranked 9th in the league on five-round form, well above their 13th table position. In league terms the two rates read 1.36/1.18 for Veles and 0.9/1.4 for Leningradets (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.35.
The last-five ledger: Veles 10/15, Leningradets 4/15.
The match was played at Futbol'noe pole 4 Spartak (capacity 5,100). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Veles: Oleg Smirnov (53'), V. Galkin (58') · Leningradets: Maksim Bachinskiy (90')
Key stats
Possession: Veles 54% · Leningradets 46% · Total shots: 11-9 · On target: 4-4 · Corners: 4-3