Match Report
Vitebsk, 3rd with 73 points, sat 51 points above Slonim (15th, 22). Scoring rates set the scale: Vitebsk 2.13 scored and 0.69 conceded per game, Slonim 0.81 and 1.97, with the league averaging 1.64.
Vitebsk carried a 10-game unbeaten run into this. Over the last five, Vitebsk had taken 13 of 15 points to Slonim's 4.
Stadyen Central'ny Vitsyebski in Vitebsk, capacity 8,144, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 4-1.