Match Report
SKA-Energiya II went into the game 5th in the table on 29 points; Metallurg Vidnoye sat 9th on 17 — a 12-point gap. The last five rounds placed SKA-Energiya II no better than 40th for form, against 5th in the standings. Per game in the league, SKA-Energiya II were scoring 1.45 and conceding 1.15, Metallurg Vidnoye 1.5 and 2.2, against a competition average of 1.44 goals per team per game.
Metallurg Vidnoye's winless run stood at 12.
Stadion imeni V.I. Lenina in Khabarovsk, capacity 15,200, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: SKA-Energiya II led 1-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 3-2.