Match Report
Zenit Penza, 13th on 20 points, faced an 18-point deficit to Metallurg Lipetsk (4th, 38). Zenit Penza had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 6th in the league over the last five rounds against 13th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Zenit Penza 1.1 scored and 1.95 conceded per game, Metallurg Lipetsk 1.95 and 1.24, with the league averaging 1.45.
Metallurg Lipetsk were unbeaten in 5. The last-five ledger: Zenit Penza 4/15, Metallurg Lipetsk 11/15.
Stadion Pervomayskiy staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,000. P. Polyanichko officiated: 12 games logged, averaging 0.0 yellow cards each. Metallurg Lipetsk led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 2-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Zenit Penza: Aleksandr Rodionov (73'), Nikita Kolesin (90') · Metallurg Lipetsk: Aleksey Skvortsov (37'), Zakhar Podzolkov (64'), Vladislav Agalakov (85')




