Match Report
Sakhalin (7th, 42 pts) visited Orel (9th, 35 pts) with 7 points between them. Orel had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 4th in the league over the last five rounds against 9th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Orel 1.21 scored and 1.14 conceded per game, Sakhalin 1.07 and 0.82, with the league averaging 1.27.
Orel had won three straight. Sakhalin entered with four losses in a row. The five-game form split read 10/15 points for Orel against 3/15 for Sakhalin.
The match was played at Stadion Central'nyj im. V.I. Lenina (capacity 15,292). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.




