On May 23 and 24, the FC Gazprom-UGRA and FC Sinara will hold the first matches of the semi-final playoff for reaching the final of the Championship of Russia and the place in the UEFA Champions League, the beginning of the matches at 16:30 (Moscow time).

An additional intrigue of the Super League semi-final pairs is that both the finalists will book their seats in the new tournament – the UEFA Champions League for the 2018/19 season. The main European Cup will replace the UEFA Cup. Our country, thanks to the first place of the Russian national team in the official ranking of the Old World, has the opportunity to declare two clubs.

• 66 matches played.
25 wins for “Sinara”, 20 victories for “Gazprom-UGRA” and 21 draws.
• For more than five years, Sinara has not won in Yugorsk, since April 2013.
• Ivan Chishkala in the last four games against “Sinara” does not leave the pitch without scoring.
• Five Ugra players have hat-trick in matches against Sinara (Eder-Lima – thrice, Kupetskov, Lukayan).
• In the playoffs, the teams played against each other 6 year ago in the match for the third place.
2011/2012. Gazprom-UGRA vs Sinara, 3-0 (7-4, 2-2 – by penalties 18-17, 3-1).
• In the 2017/18 season, teams shared points in the regular season, drew and won one victory.

Link to the live broadcast of the match in the LIVE section of the site and in the official Vkontakte group.