Match Report
The table gap was wide: 15 points between Metallurg Lipetsk (4th, 38 pts) and Orel (11th, 23 pts). Against a league average of 1.45 goals per team per game, Orel ran at 1.14 scored and 1.71 conceded, Metallurg Lipetsk at 1.95 and 1.24.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Orel win, 2 for Metallurg Lipetsk, 1 draw, at 1 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 0% of the meetings went over two goals.
Stadion Central'nyj im. V.I. Lenina, capacity 15,292, hosted the game. Metallurg Lipetsk led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Metallurg Lipetsk: Denis Semin (44'), Ivan Sazonov (73')




