Match Report
The table gap was wide: 24 points between Strogino (3rd, 41 pts) and Metallurg Vidnoye (9th, 17 pts). Metallurg Vidnoye's recent output lagged their position: 42nd on form over five rounds while 9th in the table. Against a league average of 1.44 goals per team per game, Strogino ran at 2 scored and 1.35 conceded, Metallurg Vidnoye at 1.5 and 2.2.
Metallurg Vidnoye had gone 11 games without a win. From the last five rounds, Strogino held 10 points of 15 and Metallurg Vidnoye 2.
Stadion Perovo in Moskva, capacity 1,500, hosted the game. The referee was T. Shevchenko, with 23 matches in our database and 1.9 yellows per game on average. On the scoreboard, Strogino led 1-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 5-0.