Match Report
In the standings it was Znamya Truda 10th on 33 points, Rodina Moskva 8th on 45 — separated by 12. On recent form Rodina Moskva sat only 47th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 8th overall. Per game in the league, Znamya Truda were scoring 1.03 and conceding 1.3, Rodina Moskva 1.97 and 1.53, against a competition average of 1.47 goals per team per game.
Znamya Truda had been beaten in three straight games. The five-game form split read 1/15 points for Znamya Truda against 7/15 for Rodina Moskva.
The referee was S. Isaev, with 36 matches in our database and 1.4 yellows per game on average. Stadion Torpedo in Orekhovo-Zuyevo hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Rodina Moskva led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-3.