Match Report
The table gap was wide: 21 points between Akron (3rd, 59 pts) and Sokol Saratov (14th, 38 pts). Recent form flatters Sokol Saratov's table spot — 5th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 14th. Per game in the league, Akron were scoring 1.44 and conceding 0.76, Sokol Saratov 0.94 and 1.56, against a competition average of 1.1 goals per team per game.
Sokol Saratov were unbeaten in 8.
Stadion Kristall Zhigulyovsk in Zhigulyovsk, capacity 1,565, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Akron led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-0.




