Match Report
The table gap was wide: 16 points between Metallurg Lipetsk (4th, 38 pts) and Strogino (12th, 22 pts). Strogino had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 7th in the league over the last five rounds against 12th overall. In league terms the two rates read 1.14/1.67 for Strogino and 1.95/1.24 for Metallurg Lipetsk (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.45.
Recent form was uneven: 4/15 points for Strogino, 10/15 for Metallurg Lipetsk.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Strogino, 0 draws and 4 for Metallurg Lipetsk, at 2.4 goals per meeting. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 60% of the meetings.
Stadion Yantar' staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,000. Metallurg Lipetsk led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 2-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Strogino: Dmitriy Komarov (67'), Albert Tsechoev (84') · Metallurg Lipetsk: Denis Semin (24'), Aleksey Skvortsov (90')




