Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Samovodene 6th with 50 points, Lokomotiv Dryanovo 15th with 23, 27 apart. Lokomotiv Dryanovo ranked 8th in the league on five-round form, well above their 15th table position. Against a league average of 1.43 goals per team per game, Lokomotiv Dryanovo ran at 0.57 scored and 2.53 conceded, Samovodene at 1.9 and 0.83.
Stadion Lokomotiv in Chelyabinsk staged the fixture, a ground that holds 81,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.