Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Academia (8th, 27 pts) held a 26-point advantage over Sheriff (1st, 1 pts). Sheriff ranked just 11th in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Against a league average of 1.27 goals per team per game, Sheriff ran at 1 scored and 1 conceded, Academia at 0.7 and 1.73.
Academia had been beaten in four straight games. The five-game form split read 7/15 points for Sheriff against 1/15 for Academia.
A. Cojocaru took charge of the match — our records show 21 games refereed with an average of 0.9 yellow cards per game. Krytyj futbolnyj Manesh, Tiraspol in Tiraspol, capacity 14,000, hosted the game. Academia led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-2 full-time score.