Match Report
49 points separated the sides: Niva 3rd on 70, Torpedo BelAZ II 17th on 21. Per game in the league, Torpedo BelAZ II were scoring 1 and conceding 2.68, Niva 2.15 and 1, against a competition average of 1.44 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Torpedo BelAZ II — four in succession. Niva had not lost in 8 games. From the last five rounds, Torpedo BelAZ II held 3 points of 15 and Niva 11.
Stadyen Tarpeda, capacity 6,524, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Niva led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-3.
Goal scorers
Niva: Artem Kuratnik (32'), Pavel Pampukha (50'), Dmitri Fedortsov (59')