Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Zhodino Yuzhnoe 7th with 46 points, Shakhtyor Petrikov 16th with 22, 24 apart. Shakhtyor Petrikov's recent output outran their position: 12th on form over five rounds, 16th in the table. Per game in the league, Shakhtyor Petrikov were scoring 1.03 and conceding 2.25, Zhodino Yuzhnoe 1.94 and 1.63, against a competition average of 1.64 goals per team per game.
Zhodino Yuzhnoe arrived on a run of three straight wins. Shakhtyor Petrikov had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Zhodino Yuzhnoe, 10.
The match was played at Stadyen FOK Prypiać in Pietrykaŭ (capacity 1,500). On the scoreboard, Zhodino Yuzhnoe led 3-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-5.