Match Report
Metallurg Lipetsk, 4th with 37 points, sat 18 points above Peresvet Podolsk (11th, 19). Peresvet Podolsk's recent output lagged their position: 38th on form over five rounds while 11th in the table. Per game in the league, Peresvet Podolsk were scoring 2.25 and conceding 4.08, Metallurg Lipetsk 1.32 and 0.95, against a competition average of 1.76 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Metallurg Lipetsk, winners of their last five. The last-five ledger: Peresvet Podolsk 4/15, Metallurg Lipetsk 15/15.
Stadion Avangard in Domodedovo, capacity 5,100, hosted the game. Peresvet Podolsk led 3-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 3-0.