Match Report
Saturn Ramenskoye went into the game 5th in the table on 40 points; Metallurg Lipetsk sat 7th on 38 — a 2-point gap. On recent form Metallurg Lipetsk sat only 11th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 7th overall. Against a league average of 1.45 goals per team per game, Saturn Ramenskoye ran at 1.86 scored and 1.41 conceded, Metallurg Lipetsk at 1.86 and 1.23.
Metallurg Lipetsk had not lost in 6 games, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Saturn Ramenskoye, 0 draws and 3 for Metallurg Lipetsk, at 3.5 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 75% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
The venue was Stadion Saturn, with room for 14,274 spectators. The referee was A. Rib, with 5 matches in our database and 0.0 yellows per game on average. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.
Goal scorers
Saturn Ramenskoye: Nikolay Genchu (90')