Salyut-Belgorod rolls past FK Strogino Moscow with six goals
MOSKVA (Interstat) — Salyut-Belgorod scored three times in the final minutes and powered to a 6-1 victory over FK Strogino Moscow on Sunday at Stadion Yantar’ in Moskva.
The visitors opened the scoring in the third minute when Maksim Kutovoy finished for Salyut-Belgorod. The early goal gave the visitors a lead. FK Strogino Moscow responded in the fifth minute, as Dmitriy Komarov scored to level the match.
Salyut-Belgorod regained the lead before halftime. Aleksandr Krikunenko scored in the 43rd minute, sending the visitors into the break with a 2-1 lead. Komarov’s fifth-minute goal was FK Strogino Moscow’s only score of the match.
Vladislav Panin extended the lead in the 56th minute with Salyut-Belgorod’s third goal. FK Strogino Moscow was reduced to 10 players in the 67th minute when Sapajev was sent off with a red card. It was the only dismissal of the match.
Salyut-Belgorod added to its lead late. Vladislav Faskhutdinov scored in the 88th minute, and Borisov added another goal in the first minute of stoppage time. The visitors scored once more in the fourth minute of stoppage time, completing the scoring and sealing a 6-1 finish.
Kutovoy, Krikunenko, Panin and Faskhutdinov each scored once for Salyut-Belgorod. Komarov scored FK Strogino Moscow’s only goal. The visitors’ goals came in the third, 43rd, 56th, 88th, first minute of stoppage time and fourth minute of stoppage time, while the home side’s lone goal arrived in the fifth minute.
After Panin’s goal, Salyut-Belgorod led 3-1. Faskhutdinov’s late strike made it 4-1, Borisov increased the lead to 5-1, and the final goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time completed the six-goal output for the visitors. FK Strogino Moscow finished the match with one goal.
The result moved Salyut-Belgorod to 3 wins and no losses in the competition and 3 wins and no losses across all competitions. FK Strogino Moscow fell to 0 wins and 2 losses in the competition and 0 wins and 2 losses across all competitions. Salyut-Belgorod remained unbeaten in both categories, while FK Strogino Moscow remained without a win. The visitors’ overall record also stood at 3 wins and no losses.
Salyut-Belgorod had entered the match after previous wins against SKA Khabarovsk II and FK Shumbrat Saransk. FK Strogino Moscow had previously lost at Oryol. Salyut-Belgorod had won its previous two matches, while FK Strogino Moscow had lost its previous match.
Salyut-Belgorod’s previous results this season include a 3-1 home win over SKA Khabarovsk II and a 1-0 road win over FK Shumbrat Saransk. FK Strogino Moscow’s previous result was a 1-0 loss at Oryol. Those results left Salyut-Belgorod unbeaten and FK Strogino Moscow without a win entering the match.
The key attacking performances for Salyut-Belgorod came from Kutovoy, Krikunenko, Panin and Faskhutdinov, each of whom scored one goal. Komarov scored the home side’s only goal. Salyut-Belgorod also received a late goal from Borisov and a final stoppage-time goal to complete the scoring. Salyut-Belgorod’s scoring was distributed across both halves and into stoppage time. The result was Salyut-Belgorod’s third win in the competition and its third win overall.
Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Salyut-Belgorod 2, FK Strogino Moscow 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Salyut-Belgorod with a 77.9 percent probability to win.