Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Volga 2nd with 71 points, Salyut Belgorod 17th with 34, 37 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Volga 1.68 scored and 0.62 conceded per game, Salyut Belgorod 0.81 and 1.24, with the league averaging 1.13.
Salyut Belgorod had lost six in a row. Over the last five, Volga had taken 12 of 15 points to Salyut Belgorod's 0.
Stadion Lokomotiv in Nizhniy Novgorod staged the fixture, a ground that holds 17,856. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.