Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Shinnik 6th with 61 points, MVD Rossii-Krylatskoye 20th with 17, 44 apart. Recent form told a different story for Shinnik: only 14th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 6th. Per game in the league, Shinnik were scoring 1.21 and conceding 0.92, MVD Rossii-Krylatskoye 0.26 and 1.97, against a competition average of 1.14 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for MVD Rossii-Krylatskoye — eight in succession. Recent form was uneven: 7/15 points for Shinnik, 0/15 for MVD Rossii-Krylatskoye.
Stadion Shinnik in Yaroslavl' staged the fixture, a ground that holds 22,990.




