Match Report
The table gap was wide: 15 points between Sakhalin (2nd, 32 pts) and Metallurg Vidnoye (9th, 17 pts). Sakhalin ranked just 43rd in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Per game in the league, Sakhalin were scoring 1.8 and conceding 1.3, Metallurg Vidnoye 1.5 and 2.2, against a competition average of 1.44 goals per team per game.
Metallurg Vidnoye entered with three losses in a row, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: Sakhalin led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-1.