Match Report
In the standings it was Lida 3rd on 42 points, Niva 1st on 45 — separated by 3. Per game in the league, Lida were scoring 1.91 and conceding 1.59, Niva 2.59 and 1.18, against a competition average of 1.61 goals per team per game.
Niva came in having won five on the spin, having scored in 12 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Lida held 9 points of 15 and Niva 15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 3 Lida wins, 1 for Niva, 1 draw, at 2.6 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 20% of the wins in this matchup.
The match was played at Stadyen GSK Junatstva (capacity 3,000). The referee was S. Klimashevskiy, with 24 matches in our database and 1.1 yellows per game on average. On the scoreboard, Lida led 3-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 3-2.
Goal scorers
Lida: Dmitriy Vashkevich (1'), Dmitriy Vashkevich (8'), Igor Tymonyuk (21') · Niva: Vadim Milyutin (37'), Pavel Pampukha (90')
Key stats
Possession: Lida 37% · Niva 63% · Total shots: 9-11 · On target: 4-3 · Corners: 5-9