Match Report
The table gap was wide: 15 points between Spartak Kostroma (5th, 18 pts) and SKA Khabarovsk (18th, 3 pts). SKA Khabarovsk's recent output outran their position: 14th on form over five rounds, 18th in the table. Against a league average of 1.34 goals per team per game, SKA Khabarovsk ran at 0.89 scored and 2.22 conceded, Spartak Kostroma at 1.44 and 0.89.
SKA Khabarovsk entered with four losses in a row. Over the last five, SKA Khabarovsk had taken 1 of 15 points to Spartak Kostroma's 8.
Stadion imeni V.I. Lenina staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,200. The referee was V. Moldovan, with 15 matches in our database and 1.1 yellows per game on average. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
SKA Khabarovsk: Michael Gorelishvili (52') · Spartak Kostroma: Amur Kalmykov (64'), Serguey Bugriev (75'), Serguey Bugriev (83')
Key stats
Possession: SKA Khabarovsk 47% · Spartak Kostroma 53% · Total shots: 11-14 · On target: 8-9 · Corners: 4-5