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. With 22 matches recorded and 1.7 yellow cards per game, S. Ananjev was the man in the middle. 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')