Verkhnyaya Khava 1-4 Pobeda in the Voronezh Oblast Championship, round 9.

Verkhnyaya Khava won 1, drew 0 and lost 4 of their previous 5 matches (L–L–L–L–W), scoring 13 and conceding 23.

Pobeda won 1, drew 0 and lost 2 of their previous 3 matches (L–W–L), scoring 3 and conceding 4.

The two sides have met 8 times: Verkhnyaya Khava 2 wins, Pobeda 4, 2 draws.