Match Report
SKA-Energiya II went into the game 8th in the table on 25 points; Sakhalinets sat 2nd on 36 — an 11-point gap. Recent form told a different story for SKA-Energiya II: only 12th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 8th. Per game in the league, SKA-Energiya II were scoring 1.76 and conceding 1.71, Sakhalinets 2.24 and 1.24, against a competition average of 1.51 goals per team per game.
The venue was Stadion imeni V.I. Lenina in Khabarovsk, with room for 15,200 spectators. On the scoreboard, Sakhalinets led 2-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-4.