Avangard 1-5 Kirovets-Voskhozhdenie in the St. Petersburg Higher League, round 7.

Avangard won 2, drew 0 and lost 3 of their previous 5 matches (L–W–L–L–W), scoring 18 and conceding 17.

The two sides have met 10 times: Avangard 4 wins, Kirovets-Voskhozhdenie 5, 1 draw.